boat /bōt/

1. A small rowing, sailing or motor vessel
2. Loosely, a ship
3. A boat-shaped utensil (as sauce boat)

To sail about in a boat

1. To put or convey in a boat
2. To ship (oars)
3. (with it) to go in a boat

boatˈer noun

1. A person who boats
2. A straw hat

boatˈie noun

1. A boating enthusiast (Aust and NZ)
2. A rowing enthusiast (university sl)

boatˈing noun

boatˈbill noun

A bird of the heron family (from the shape of its bill)

boatˈ-builder noun

A person or firm that constructs boats

boat deck noun

A ship's top deck, on which the lifeboats are carried

boatˈ-fly noun

A water bug (genus Notonecta), with boat-shaped body, that swims on its back

boatˈhook noun

A hook fixed to a pole used for pulling or pushing off a boat

boatˈhouse noun

A house or shed for a boat

boatˈload noun

boatˈman noun

1. A man who is in charge of a boat
2. A rower

boat neck noun

A high slit-shaped neckline extending on to the shoulders

boatˈ-necked adjective

boat people plural noun

Refugees, esp from Vietnam, who set off in boats to find a country that will admit them

boat race noun

1. A race between rowing boats
2. (with the and caps) the annual boat race between Oxford and Cambridge Universities

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