houseboats

noun

plural of houseboat
1
as in riverboats

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2
as in RVs

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  1. motorboats
  2. trailers
  3. powerboats
  4. homesteads
  5. canoes
  6. recreational vehicles
  7. skiffs
  8. mobile homes
Noun
  • Tariffs on cement, road salt and hospital pads were removed and replaced with duties on all-terrain vehicles, some cheeses and motorboats.
    — Steve Kopack, NBC news, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Today, the use of motorboats has made the hunt increasingly controversial, placing traditional subsistence practices at the center of debates about culture, livelihoods and marine conservation.
    — Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of motorboats
Noun
  • Those are the same platforms where the film’s trailers went largely ignored.
    — Andrew McGowan, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Making ramps that were accessible with trailers, retrofitting hair and makeup trailers for disabled actors to be able to use.
    — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of trailers
Noun
  • The German tuner, famous for building monstrously powerful G-Wagens, Lambos, and the like, has teamed up with Finnish builder Axopar Boats on a pair of high-performance powerboats.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 9 Sep. 2026
  • The event will feature some 40 wooden-hull vessels ranging from powerboats to sailboats and custom wooden craft.
    — Samantha Gowen, Oc Register, 1 June 2026
Definition of powerboats
Noun
  • Florida’s property tax system already shifts billions in property taxes from homesteads to non-homestead property.
    — Jeff Kottkamp, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 June 2026
Definition of homesteads
Noun
  • Travis Meier is a portage runner who carries canoes to raise awareness for Minnesota's public lands.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Where canoes once rested beside fishing nets drying in the sun, housing developments and new infrastructure have appeared.
    — Sebastián López Brach, The Dial, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of canoes
Noun
  • Winnebago Industries, which produces recreational vehicles like campers, cut 200 jobs last year after the cost of importing aluminum, steel and electronics increased by tens of millions of dollars.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 11 Oct. 2026
  • Honda seems to believe its next frontier is building high-tech recreational vehicles.
    — Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of recreational vehicles
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
  • About one-third of mobile homes are located in mobile home communities.
    — Cassie Powell, The Conversation, 3 Nov. 2025
Definition of mobile homes
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“Houseboats.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/houseboats. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.

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