Boat: Definition with Boat Pictures and Photos

Definition of Boat

1. Verb. Ride in a boat on water.

Category relationships: Navigation, Pilotage, Piloting
Specialized synonyms: Motorboat, Yacht, Sail, Row, Canoe, Kayak, Paddle
Generic synonyms: Ride
Derivative terms: Boater, Boating

2. Noun. A small vessel for travel on water.

Specialized synonyms: Ark, Barge, Flatboat, Hoy, Lighter, Bumboat, Canal Boat, Narrow Boat, Narrowboat, Ferry, Ferryboat, Fireboat, Gondola, Guard Boat, Gunboat, Junk, Longboat, Lugger, Mackinaw, Mackinaw Boat, Mail Boat, Mailboat, Packet, Packet Boat, Motorboat, Powerboat, Pilot Boat, Police Boat, Punt, River Boat, Scow, Sea Boat, Small Boat, Steamboat, Surfboat, Cutter, Pinnace, Ship's Boat, Tender, Towboat, Tower, Tug, Tugboat
Terms within: Boat Whistle
Examples of category: Mooring, Mooring Line, Painter, Pontoon, Passenger, Rider, Sculler, Tack, Wear Round, Scull, Registered, Unregistered, Crank, Cranky, Tender, Tippy
Generic synonyms: Vessel, Watercraft

3. Noun. A dish (often boat-shaped) for serving gravy or sauce.

Exact synonyms: Gravy Boat, Gravy Holder, Sauceboat
Specialized synonyms: Argyle, Argyll
Generic synonyms: Dish

Definition of Boat

1. n. A small open vessel, or water craft, usually moved by cars or paddles, but often by a sail.

2. v. t. To transport in a boat; as, to boat goods.

3. v. i. To go or row in a boat.

Definition of Boat

1. Noun. 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. ¹

2. Noun. (context: poker slang) A full house. ¹

3. Noun. (chemistry) One of two possible conformations of cyclohexane rings (the other being chair), shaped roughly like a boat. ¹

4. Verb. To travel by boat. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com