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rowboat

[roh-boht] / ˈroʊˌboʊt /
NOUN
dinghy
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NOUN
skiff
Synonyms


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A few years back, a sea lion jumped into a South End rowboat.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 26, 2026

Kids cannon-balled off the sides and rocked it like a rowboat.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2025

They had me in the SS Mooch, which was a rinky-dink rowboat.

From Salon ● May 18, 2024

In the distance stands a city on a hill; nearby, two voyagers or gods watch from a rowboat.

From New York Times ● Jun. 1, 2023

It would be difficult to spot a small rowboat floating in the river.

From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson

The Minions, we learn in their latest adventure, were originally a seafaring folk who traveled the oceans in rowboats looking for the most evil and despicable master they could possibly find.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026

Reserve a free one-hour rental to take one of CWB’s pea-pod rowboats for a ride on Lake Union.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 30, 2023

It looked like a deserted summer deck atop two rowboats.

From New York Times ● Apr. 23, 2023

The Times tooted its own considerable horn about the armada of kayaks and rowboats it launched to deliver the newspapers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 28, 2023

Out on the water I saw rowboats and pedal boats and sailboats, and fishing boats like this one, with a long bow and small house in the middle.

From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan




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