boat

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Hyponyms 1.3.3 Derived terms 1.3.4 Translations 1.3.5 References 1.4 Verb 1.5 Anagrams 2 Finnish 2.1 Noun

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• (RP) enPR: bōt, IPA: /bəʊt/, SAMPA: /b@Ut/
• (GenAm) enPR: bōt, IPA: /boʊt/, SAMPA: /boUt/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}
• Rhymes: -əʊt

[edit] Etymology

Old English bāt. From Germanic *baitaz. Related to Old Norse bátr, beit (Icelandic: bátur). Related to German Boot and Dutch boot.

[edit] Noun

boat (plural boats)

1. A craft used for transportation of goods, fishing, racing, recreational cruising, or military use on or in the water, propelled by oars or outboard motor or inboard motor or by wind.
2. (poker slang) A full house.
3. (chemistry) One of two possible conformers of cyclohexane rings (the other being chair), shaped roughly like a boat.

[edit] Synonyms

• (A craft on or in water): craft, ship, vessel

[edit] Hyponyms

• (A craft on or in water): ark, bangca, barge, canoe, catamaran, caravel, carrack, coracle, cruiser, cutter, dhow, dinghy, dory, dragon boat, Dutch barge, East Indiaman, felucca, ferry, ferryboat, fishing boat, folding boat, galley, galleon, gig, go-fast boat, houseboat, hovercraft, hydrofoil, hydroplane, inflatable boat, inflatable raft, jetboat, jetski, junk, kayaaki, caik/kaiki/kayık, kayak, ketch, lifeboat, log boat, luxemotor, motorboat, motorsailer, narrowboat, Norfolk wherry, outrigger canoe, peniche, pinnace, powerboat, raft, rigid-hulled inflatable boat (RIB), rowboat, sailboat, schooner, Seiner, ship of the line, skiff, sloop, steam boat, submarine, tender, tjalk, trawler, trireme, trimaran, troller, tug, tugboat, U-boat, water taxi, whaleboat, yacht, yawl

[edit] Derived terms

boater boathook boathouse boating

boatload boatman boatswain boatwoman boatyard

gravy boat houseboat in the same boat rock the boat speedboat

[edit] Translations

[edit] References

• Weisenberg, Michael (2000) The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. ISBN 978-1880069523

[edit] Verb

to boat (third-person singular simple present boats, present participle boating, simple past and past participle boated)

1. To travel by boat.

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: abot
• Tabo

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[edit] Finnish

[edit] Noun

boat

1. Plural form of boa.