plural boats
1
a
: a small vessel for travel on water
b
: ship
2
: a boat-shaped container, utensil, or device
a gravy boat
a laboratory boat
3
informal
: a large car
A lot of people still think Cadillac makes big floaty boats.—
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boated; boating; boats
: to place in or bring into a boat
: to go by boat
Examples of boat in a Sentence
Noun
He tied the boat to the dock.
Cruise ships and other boats filled the harbor.
traveling by boat across the ocean
Verb
We boated over to the island.
boated to the picnic site on an island in the bay
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Charles Elliott, Outdoor Life, 1 May 2025
He was found in a boat on a dock behind a house located across the street from the church, Sullivan's Island Chief Glenn Meadows said.
—Matt Foster, ABC News, 1 May 2025
James Meyer, Artforum, 1 May 2025
The Poudre River Improvement Fund could be used to create a trail in the river for boating and floating from Gateway Park, near the mouth of the Poudre Canyon, to Eastman Park in Windsor, according to the settlement agreement.
—Elise Schmelzer, The Denver Post, 5 Mar. 2025
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Noun
Anglers were returning to camp from various points in the lake, so our pilot picked the spot least likely to have boats on it.
—Charles Elliott, Outdoor Life, 1 May 2025
He was found in a boat on a dock behind a house located across the street from the church, Sullivan's Island Chief Glenn Meadows said.
—Matt Foster, ABC News, 1 May 2025
Verb
In the most suggestive of the boating pictures, striking points of view establish pictorial intimacy.
—James Meyer, Artforum, 1 May 2025
The Poudre River Improvement Fund could be used to create a trail in the river for boating and floating from Gateway Park, near the mouth of the Poudre Canyon, to Eastman Park in Windsor, according to the settlement agreement.
—Elise Schmelzer, The Denver Post, 5 Mar. 2025
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“Boat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boat. Accessed 6 May. 2025.
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boat
1 of 2 noun1
: a small vessel for travel on water
3
: a boat-shaped utensil
gravy boat
boat
2 of 2 verb1
: to put into or carry in a boat
2
: to travel by boat
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