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boat

[boht] / boʊt /
NOUN
vehicle for water travel
Synonyms
STRONGEST
barge canoe catamaran craft dinghy gondola raft sailboat schooner ship yacht
STRONG
ark bark bottom bucket dory hulk ketch launch lifeboat pinnace scow skiff sloop steamboat tub
WEAK
bateau

Example Sentences

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About 250 Rohingya and Bangladeshis, including children, are missing after their boat capsized last week in the Andaman Sea, according to the United Nations' refugee and migration agencies.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

The 40-year-old said the promise of a job in Malaysia was what persuaded him to get on the boat.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

Researchers studying an unusually high number of whale deaths have found that nearly 20% of the gray whales seen entering the Bay did not survive, with many killed by boat strikes.

From Science Daily • Apr. 13, 2026

The ride on the Good Year Blimp over the Coachella grounds was gentler than I’d anticipated — kind of like a boat ride in a harbor.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

I found the boat last spring when I took one of Pops’s canoes out on the lake.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

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