boat (original) (raw)

Meaning of boat in English

Examples of boat

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From the anecdotes of the informants, we infer that anglophones were also a non-negligible presence on the fishing boats.

All along the coast, in the small harbours, a lot of pleasure-boats a bit sophisticals are bobbing up and down beside the fishermen's boats.

1894, these four combined had about 65 large ships and 43 torpedo boats.

The same period witnessed the greatest shrinkage of fishing space available to the traditional fishermen because of the proliferation of mechanized boats.

Other fabrication technologies used to build these par ts for aircraft, automobiles, and boats include hand layup and resin transfer molding.

Woodchoppers wear culottes and men dragging boats have split-sided tunics or shirts.

Early on, embarkation in small boats across a reef proved dangerous and cost the lives of several sailors.

Put the 1p on one of the boats, and the 5p on the other.

I designed the first rockets, and the cars and the boats.

Whales were sighted occasionally and the boats were lowered on several occasions, but no whales were taken.

We played on that beach until we were tired, sailing boats, boiling whelks.

Visits by sea often failed because of changeable weather and surf, engine failure, or leaky boats.

Because of the lack of timber, the local people were ignorant of construction techniques for reasonable sized boats.

Two helicopters and several rubber inflatable boats allowed the various projects to extend the reach of studies beyond just shipbased observations and sampling.

Most of them are fi shermen a nd use totora to build houses and boats, to make craft items to sell, or as complementary food.

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Collocations with boat

These are words often used in combination with boat.

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boat builder

I have a list of faults with another of the boats, drawn up by a boat builder and repairer.

boat handling

I have already mentioned the importance of streamlined boat handling and the boat-handling arrangements in fishery protection.

boat operator

Tax law provides that those payments should be treated in exactly the same way as any payment that a boat operator would have received had his boat been sold.

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Translations of boat

in Chinese (Traditional)

艇, 小船, 輪船…

in Chinese (Simplified)

艇, 小船, 轮船…

in Spanish

barca, bote, barco…

in Portuguese

barco, barco [masculine], navio [masculine]…

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in Italian

bateau [masculine], bateau, navire…

தண்ணீரில் பயணிப்பதற்கான ஒரு சிறிய வாகனம், ஒரு கப்பல்…

bot, kapal, mangkuk jongkang…

das Boot, das Schiff, die Soßenschüssel…

båt [masculine], pram [masculine], skip [neuter]…

човен, пароплав, соусник…

perahu, kapal, mangkuk tempat kuah…

เรือ, จานเปล, เดินทางโดยเรือ…

thuyền, tàu, đĩa hình thuyền…

barca, nave, vasetto (a forma di barca)…

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