boat meaning
EN
[bəʊt] [-əʊt] [boʊt] 
US WBoat
- A boat is a watercraft of any size designed to float or plane, to work or travel on water. Small boats are typically found on inland (lakes) or in protected coastal areas.
- Boats have a wide variety of shapes and sizes and construction methods due to their intended purpose, available materials or local traditions.
- NounPLboats
- 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.
- (poker slang) A full house.
- A vehicle, utensil, or dish somewhat resembling a boat in shape.
- a stone boat; a gravy boat
- (chemistry) One of two possible conformations of cyclohexane rings (the other being chair), shaped roughly like a boat.
- (Australia, politics) INF The refugee boats arriving in Australian waters, and by extension, refugees generally.
- 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.
- VerbSGboatsPRboatingPT, PPboated
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- They went all out for his eightieth birthday party and chartered a tour boat on the bay.
- The only metal parts are the rudder hinges and bow guard. Wooden decking, which snaps into place, gives the boat rigidity.
- The bow guard was watching the other boat as it floated among several fishing boats waiting for the bridge to open.
- Used in the Ending of Sentence
- I'd just jump in and fix it, but that's not my job, and I don't want to rock the boat.
- Everyone moved in unison, but the sudden change in weight distribution capsized the boat.
- I invited Lily to join us, but horror films don't float her boat.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of boat in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
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Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "boat" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun. It's also a verb, more specifically, an intransitive verb and a transitive verb.