Definition of watercraft
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: skill in aquatic activities (such as managing boats)
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Examples of watercraft in a Sentence
just about any kind of watercraft can be seen on the lake during the summer
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The university also is home to the Marine Hydrodynamics Lab, which houses a 360-foot-long indoor body of water used for testing robotic and conventional watercraft, and its Space Physics Research lab develops and tests robotics spacecraft.
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Raised in a small Connecticut river town, Douglas J. Bennet developed a love of sailing and repairing boats, a fondness for tinkering that eventually extended from watercraft to washing machines and from tractors to toys.
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In addition to the flag, other new laws that took effect in 2015 included allowing for seizure of a watercraft used in the commission of certain offenses, including being driven by an intoxicated driver with multiple OUI convictions.
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William Skeen, the organization’s executive director, said the decision to donate the boats came after Hurricane Harvey highlighted the lack of watercraft available to local emergency agencies.
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Cornelius was swimming with his girlfriend, Aubrey E. Tesch, 19, of Fort Atkinson while attempting to regain control of a drifting personal watercraft.
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From sea and rivers, Marines could also launch it from watercraft like a Zodiac.
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Surveillance cameras were rolling at the business that sells performance motorcycles, Jet Ski-like watercrafts and ATVs.
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Vendors at the Houston Summer Boat Show that starts Wednesday expect a lot of buyers eager to replace watercraft lost during Hurricane Harvey.
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First Known Use of watercraft
1566
watercraft Synonyms
Related Words
catboat, ketch, sailboat, schooner, yacht;
canoe, catamaran, dhow, dinghy, dink, dory, dugout, flatboat, garvey, gig, johnboat, kayak, outrigger, paddleboat, pontoon, pram, punt, raft, rowboat, sampan, scow, scull, shallop, shell, skiff, surfboat, umiak, wherry;
cruiser, inboard, motorboat, outboard, powerboat;
auxiliary, bumboat, cutter, jolly boat, launch, lifeboat, longboat, tender, yawl;
ferry, ferryboat, gondola, taxi, water taxi;
banker, hooker, lugger, scalloper, seiner, shrimper, trawler, whaleboat, whaler, workboat;
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