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Boat: Definition and part of speech

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Boat

  1. n. A vehicle, utensil, or dish, somewhat resembling a boat in shape; as, a stone boat; a gravy boat.
  2. n. A small open vessel, or water craft, usually moved by cars or paddles, but often by a sail.
  3. n. Hence, any vessel; usually with some epithet descriptive of its use or mode of propulsion; as, pilot boat, packet boat, passage boat, advice boat, etc. The term is sometimes applied to steam vessels, even of the largest class; as, the Cunard boats.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Boarding: Definition and part of speech

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Boarding

  1. p. pr. & vb. n. of Board
  2. n. The act of entering a ship, whether with a hostile or a friendly purpose.
  3. n. The act of covering with boards; also, boards, collectively; or a covering made of boards.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Boating: Definition and part of speech

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Boating

  1. p. pr. & vb. n. of Boat
  2. n. The act or practice of rowing or sailing, esp. as an amusement; carriage in boats.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Boarder: Definition and part of speech

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Boarder

  1. n. One who boards a ship; one selected to board an enemy’s ship.
  2. n. One who has food statedly at another’s table, or meals and lodgings in his house, for pay, or compensation of any kind.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.