boat

Etymology
From, , , , from , from , from , , from. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

🇨🇬 (whence 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬), 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬 are all ultimately borrowings from the Old English word.

Noun

 * 1) 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.
 * 2)  A full house.
 * 3) A vehicle, utensil, or dish somewhat resembling a boat in shape.
 * 4)  One of two possible conformations of cyclohexane rings (the other being chair), shaped roughly like a boat.
 * 5)  The refugee boats arriving in Australian waters, and by extension, refugees generally.
 * 6)  In Conway's Game of Life, a particular still life consisting of a dead cell surrounded by five living cells.
 * 1)  One of two possible conformations of cyclohexane rings (the other being chair), shaped roughly like a boat.
 * 2)  The refugee boats arriving in Australian waters, and by extension, refugees generally.
 * 3)  In Conway's Game of Life, a particular still life consisting of a dead cell surrounded by five living cells.
 * 1)  In Conway's Game of Life, a particular still life consisting of a dead cell surrounded by five living cells.
 * 1)  In Conway's Game of Life, a particular still life consisting of a dead cell surrounded by five living cells.

Usage notes

 * There is no explicit limit, but the word boat usually refers to a relatively small watercraft, smaller than a ship but larger than a dinghy. It is also the normal designation for a submarine (however large), and also for lakers (ships used in the Great Lakes trade in North America).

Hyponyms

 * ,, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , caik/kaiki/kayık, kayak, ketch, luxemotor, motorsailer, Norfolk wherry, outrigger canoe, peniche, pinnace, raft, schooner, scow, sealship, Seiner, ship of the line, skiff, sloop, submarine, tender, tjalk, trawler, trireme, trimaran, troller, tug, wangkang, water taxi, yacht, yawl

Verb



 * 1)  To travel by boat.
 * 2)  To transport in a boat.
 * to boat goods
 * 1)  To place in a boat.
 * to boat oars

Etymology
From.

Etymology
From, from.

Noun

 * 1) boat