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boat

Noun

A small vessel for travel on water (synset 102861626)
associated with:
- mooring, mooring line - (nautical) a line that holds an object (especially a boat) in place
- painter - a line that is attached to the bow of a boat and used for tying up (as when docking or towing)
- pontoon - (nautical) a floating structure (as a flat-bottomed boat) that serves as a dock or to support a bridge
- passenger, rider - a traveler riding in a vehicle (a boat or bus or car or plane or train etc) who is not operating it
- sculler - someone who sculls (moves a long oar pivoted on the back of the boat to propel the boat forward)
- tack, wear round - turn into the wind
- scull - propel with sculls
- registered - (of a boat or vessel) furnished with necessary official documents specifying ownership etc
- unregistered - (a boat or vessel) not furnished with official documents
- crank, cranky, tender, tippy - (used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail
is a type of: vessel, watercraft - a craft designed for water transportation
subtypes:
- ark - a boat built by Noah to save his family and animals from the flood
- barge, flatboat, hoy, lighter - a flatbottom boat for carrying heavy loads (especially on canals)
- bumboat - a small boat that ferries supplies and commodities for sale to a larger ship at anchor
- canal boat, narrow boat, narrowboat - a long boat that carries freight and is narrow enough to be used in canals
- catamaran - a boat with two parallel hulls held together by single deck
- ferry, ferryboat - a boat that transports people or vehicles across a body of water and operates on a regular schedule
- fireboat - a boat equipped to fight fires on ships or along a waterfront
- gondola - long narrow flat-bottomed boat propelled by sculling; traditionally used on canals of Venice
- guard boat - a boat that is on guard duty (as in a harbor) around a fleet of warships
- gunboat - a small shallow-draft boat carrying mounted guns; used by costal patrols
- junk - any of various Chinese boats with a high poop and lugsails
- longboat - the largest boat carried by a merchant sailing vessel
- lugger - small fishing boat rigged with one or more lugsails
- mackinaw, mackinaw boat - a flat-bottomed boat used on upper Great Lakes
- mail boat, mailboat, packet, packet boat - a boat for carrying mail
- motorboat, powerboat - a boat propelled by an internal-combustion engine
- pilot boat - a boat to carry pilots to and from large ships
- police boat - a boat used by harbor police
- punt - an open flat-bottomed boat used in shallow waters and propelled by a long pole
- river boat - a boat used on rivers or to ply a river
- scow - any of various flat-bottomed boats with sloping ends
- sea boat - a boat that is seaworthy; that is adapted to the open seas
- small boat - a boat that is small
- steamboat - a boat propelled by a steam engine
- surfboat - a boat that can be launched or landed in heavy surf
- cutter, pinnace, ship's boat, tender - a boat for communication between ship and shore
- towboat, tower, tug, tugboat - a powerful small boat designed to pull or push larger ships
has: boat whistle - a whistle on a boat that is sounded as a warning
A dish (often boat-shaped) for serving gravy or sauce (synset 103460968)
is a type of: dish - a piece of dishware normally used as a container for holding or serving food

subtypes: argyle, argyll - a covered gravy holder of silver or other metal containing a detachable central vessel for hot water to keep the gravy warm

same as: gravy boat, gravy holder, sauceboat

Verb

Ride in a boat on water (synset 201948551)
referred to in: navigation, pilotage, piloting - the guidance of ships or airplanes from place to place

is a type of: ride - be carried or travel on or in a vehicle
subtypes:
- motorboat - ride in a motorboat
- yacht - travel in a yacht
- sail - travel on water propelled by wind
- row - propel with oars
- canoe - travel by canoe
- kayak - travel in a small canoe
- paddle - propel with a paddle

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