flatboats

noun

plural of flatboat
as in canoes

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  1. canoes
  2. rafts
  3. skiffs
  4. dinghies
  5. vessels
  6. sailboats
  7. prams
  8. yachts
Noun
  • Instead, new tariffs will be applied to Canadian exports of cocoa powder, vinyl flooring, shampoo, canoes and other products.
    — New York Times, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2026
  • The city's boathouse rents canoes, kayaks and stand-up paddleboards on a 109-acre lake, with hiking trails through the surrounding preserve.
    — Amber Harding OutKick, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of canoes
Noun
  • That is, rafts of interior backstory and description that don’t obviously serve the plot.
    — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Some customers paddled by on rafts and boards, above what used to be the boardwalk.
    — Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of rafts
Noun
  • Dozens of sunken skiffs and speedboats, long written off by their owners, sat dry on the sand.
    — Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Head to Bahia Marina on 22nd Street to rent a variety of water craft including kayaks, skiffs and pontoon boats.
    — Katie Riley, Southern Living, 15 July 2026
Definition of skiffs
Noun
  • Operating as close as possible to the Libyan search-and-rescue zone, its crew deployed fast rigid inflatable boats (RHIBs) to reach overcrowded inflatable dinghies before larger rescue vessels could arrive.
    — Isabella Wandermurem, Time, 17 July 2026
  • His anti-immigration message has shifted from focusing on Polish plumbers to asylum seekers in dinghies.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 23 June 2026
Definition of dinghies
Noun
  • Conventionally, such vessels are primarily designed to support amphibious operations, transport military personnel, deploy helicopters and facilitate landing operations.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 31 Oct. 2026
  • Iran's report did not identify the vessels or provide details about the crews.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 31 Oct. 2026
Definition of vessels
Noun
  • Often called Miami’s oldest neighborhood, Coconut Grove sits on Biscayne Bay just south of downtown, with historic waterfront estates, a dense tree canopy, sailboats anchored offshore and restaurants within walking distance.
    — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2026
  • This past week, activists associated with the Global Sumud Flotilla used three sailboats to confront the Sunaid X, a vessel that local unions identified as supplying the American military installation at Sigonella, Sicily.
    — Asra Q. Nomani, FOXNews.com, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of sailboats
Noun
  • His mother, Laura, was a devout Methodist and a vegetarian, while his father, Kenneth, who worked as an accounts clerk and also restored prams and bicycles, had been a conscientious objector, and was a militant anti-smoker.
    — The Week UK, TheWeek, 20 June 2026
  • Babies here are moved around in sleds, not prams.
    — David Greig September 15, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2025
Definition of prams
Noun
  • The growth in the size and number of yachts has created a shortage of yacht slips.
    — Robert Frank, CNBC, 3 Nov. 2026
  • The world’s wealthiest are finding new ways to deploy their fortunes beyond luxury cars and yachts—and the latest craze is soccer.
    — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of yachts
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