boathouse

English

Etymology

boat +‎ house

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈboʊtˌhaʊs/

• Audio (UK):

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Noun

boathouse (plural boathouses)

1. A building at the edge of a river, lake or other body of water in which boats are kept.
   • 1942, Emily Carr, The Book of Small, "Regatta," [1]

     […] many people living along the harbour front had boathouses and boats of their own, for regattas and water sports were one of Victoria's chief attractions.

Hypernyms

• house

Translations

building for boats

• Danish: bådehus n, bådeskur n
• Esperanto: boatejo
• Faroese: neyst n
• Finnish: venevaja (fi)
• German: Bootshalle (de) f, Bootshaus (de) n, Bootsschuppen (de) m
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• Hebrew: בֵּית סִירוֹת (he) m (beit sirot)
• Maori: wharau, wharau waka, wharewaka
• Norwegian: båthus n, naust

  Nynorsk: båthus n, naust

• Swedish: båthus (sv) n

Anagrams

• houseboat