bottom of a boat (noun)

  • 1bottom board — noun 1. : the base or floor of a beehive 2. bottom boards plural : removable boards inside a boat at the bottom to protect the outer planking …

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  • 2bottom — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 lowest part of sth ADJECTIVE ▪ false ▪ a case with a false bottom VERB + BOTTOM ▪ arrive at, fall to, get to, reach …

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  • 3bottom — I. noun Etymology: Middle English botme, from Old English botm; akin to Old High German bodam bottom, Latin fundus, Greek pythmēn Date: before 12th century 1. a. the underside of something b. a surface (as the seat of a chair) designed to support …

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  • 4bottom board — /ˈbɒtəm bɔd/ (say botuhm bawd) noun 1. one of several removable planks inside a boat at the bottom to protect the outer planking. 2. the base of a beehive …

  • 5mackinaw boat — noun a) A cargo boat, with a large flat bottom and sharp ends, formerly used on the Great Lakes and the Missouri River (to a lesser extent, elsewhere). b) A shooner rigged boat once used on the Great Lakes …

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  • 6poling-boat — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun : a usually long narrow shallow draft boat with a flat bottom propelled with a pole …

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  • 7flat|boat — «FLAT BOHT», noun, verb. –n. a large boat with a flat bottom and squared off at both ends, formerly much used for carrying goods on a river or canal: »Down the Ohio drifted the flatboats and rafts (Atlantic). –v.t. to transport in a flatboat:… …

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  • 8house|boat — «HOWS BOHT», noun. a boat that can be used as a place to live in, especially one having a flat bottom and a houselike structure built on the deck …

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  • 9riv|er|boat — «RIHV uhr BOHT», noun. a boat for use on a river, having a flat bottom or very shallow draft …

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  • 10planing bottom — noun (aerodynamics) The part of the undersurface of a flying boat hull that provides hydrodynamic lift • • • Main Entry: ↑plane …

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