houseboat
noun
house·boat
ˈhau̇s-ˌbōt 
: a boat fitted for use as a dwelling
especially
: a pleasure craft with a broad beam, a usually shallow draft, and a large superstructure resembling a house
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Overnight in a houseboat at Mangrove Marina and keep your eyes peeled for manatee sightings.
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Teaghan Skulszki, Travel + Leisure, 7 Oct. 2025
Must-do stops in Noord include the STRAAT Museum, featuring large-scale street art and graffiti in an 86,000-square-foot warehouse, and De Ceuvel, a former shipyard transformed into a café, boardwalk, and collection of houseboats.
—Blane Bachelor, AFAR Media, 1 Oct. 2025
Three man have been charged with selling either methamphetamine or guns to undercover federal agents, including one Oakland man who allegedly used his houseboat on the Oakland marina to peddle firearms and brag about his knack for making customized bullets.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 30 Sep. 2025
Marc Jacobs’s Greenwich Village townhouse, Bjarke Ingels’s houseboat, and Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz’s modernist home all appear in the collection.
—Jane Hanson, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
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Teaghan Skulszki, Travel + Leisure, 7 Oct. 2025
Must-do stops in Noord include the STRAAT Museum, featuring large-scale street art and graffiti in an 86,000-square-foot warehouse, and De Ceuvel, a former shipyard transformed into a café, boardwalk, and collection of houseboats.
—Blane Bachelor, AFAR Media, 1 Oct. 2025
Three man have been charged with selling either methamphetamine or guns to undercover federal agents, including one Oakland man who allegedly used his houseboat on the Oakland marina to peddle firearms and brag about his knack for making customized bullets.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 30 Sep. 2025
Marc Jacobs’s Greenwich Village townhouse, Bjarke Ingels’s houseboat, and Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz’s modernist home all appear in the collection.
—Jane Hanson, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for houseboat
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“Houseboat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/houseboat. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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houseboat
noun
house·boat
ˈhau̇s-ˌbōt
: a roomy usually shallow and flat-bottomed pleasure boat equipped for use as a dwelling or for cruising
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