large boat (noun)

  • 41vessel — noun (C) 1 formal a ship or large boat: a fishing vessel 2 old use or formal a container for holding liquids 3 technical a tube that carries blood through your body, such as a vein, or that carries liquid through a plant …

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  • 42ship — ▪ I. ship ship 1 [ʆɪp] noun [countable] a large boat used for carrying people or goods across the sea: • The island s waste is taken by ship to the mainland. ˈcargo ship TRANSPORT a ship built to carry goods rather than people conˈtainer ship …

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  • 43flyboat — ˈflīˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: part modification, part translation of Dutch vlieboot, from Vlie, channel between the North sea and the Wadden Zee, Netherlands + boot boat 1. : a large flat bottomed coasting boat formerly widely used but now chiefly… …

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  • 44Ark. — abbr. Arkansas. * * * Arkansas. * * * abbrev Arkansas (US state) * * * ark «ahrk», noun. 1. a) the large boat in which Noah saved himself, his family, and a pair of each kind of animal, from the Flood (in the Bible, Genesis 6 8). b) Figurative.… …

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  • 45ship — 1 /SIp/ noun (C) 1 a large boat used for carrying people or goods across the sea: a cruise ship | a merchant ship | by ship: Most of the island s supplies are brought in by ship. 2 a large spacecraft or aircraft 3 ships that pass in the night… …

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  • 46din|ghy — «DIHNG ee», noun, plural ghies. 1. a small rowboat. 2. a small boat used as a tender by a large boat, such as a yacht or warship. 3. a small racing boat with no deck and a single mast rigged with a mainsail and often a jib. 4. a rowboat or… …

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  • 47ship — ship1 [ ʃıp ] noun count *** a very large boat used for carrying people or goods long distances: His ship sailed from Pearl Harbor on Monday. a cargo/cruise/supply ship on board/aboard ship: There were over 350 passengers aboard the ship. a.… …

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  • 48launch — I. verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French *lancher, lancer, from Late Latin lanceare to wield a lance more at lance Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. a. to throw forward ; hurl b. to release, catapult, or send off (a self propelled …

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  • 49launch — 1 verb (T) 1 START STH to start something, especially an official, public, or military activity that has been carefully planned: launch a campaign/appeal/inquiry: Police have launched a murder enquiry following the discovery of a woman s body. |… …

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  • 50showboat — show|boat [ ʃou,bout ] noun count a large boat with a theater on it and actors who give performances at various towns along a river …

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