boat has definitions from the fields of nautical,transportation,food
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[ noun ] (nautical,transportation) a small vessel for travel on water

Used in print

(Frank Oppenheimer, "Science and Fear-- A Discussion...)

Social invention did not have to await social theory any more than use of the warmth of a fire had to await Lavoisier or the buoyant protection of a boat the formulations of Archimedes .

(LeRoy Fothergill, "Biological Warfare", in Peter...)

In the first trial an inert substance was disseminated from a boat travelling some ten miles off shore under appropriately selected meteorological_conditions .

(William Maxwell, The Chateau....)

That boat in the river , maybe '' .

`` What boat '' ?

`` There 's a big boat anchored near the Place_de_la_Concorde , with a swimming_pool in it - did n't you notice it ?

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[ verb ] (nautical,transportation) ride in a boat on water
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[ noun ] (food) a dish (often boat-shaped) for serving gravy or sauce

Related terms

dish argyle

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