narrow boat

Definition of narrow boatnext
British

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for narrow boat
Noun
  • The cost of taking corn and soybeans to market, whether via truck, barge or rail, also goes up along with oil prices.
    Chicago Tribune, Twin Cities, 26 Mar. 2026
  • The company plans to transport Starships built in Texas via barge to Florida to help scale up the program and to begin launch operations there.
    Brandon Lingle, San Antonio Express-News, 25 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Her keel was laid down on February 3, 1994, at the Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine, and she was christened on February 18, 1995.
    Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 22 Mar. 2026
  • The explosion broke the ship's keel, sending tons of water gushing into the engine room and causing a massive fire that nearly destroyed the ship.
    Scott Neuman, NPR, 12 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Others are banned entirely, including strike anywhere matches, torch lighters, and flammable aerosols like spray paint.
    Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 21 Aug. 2025
  • Guns, knives, lighters and cop cars are seen during a series of intense fast cuts.
    Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 22 July 2025
Noun
  • A couple of cutters, couple of good sliders.
    Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 29 Mar. 2026
  • His relied heavily on his four-seam fastball, but mixed in the rest of his arsenal — the slider (18 times), changeup (10 times), sweeper (nine times), curveball (eight times) and cutter (five times) — to keep opponents off balanced.
    Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 28 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Despite its high-concept stakes, reviews have focused on the tender relationship study of a family haunted, literally and figuratively, by their choices.
    Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Meats are juicy and tender; vegetables are caramelized and subtly sweetened.
    Cathy Thomas, Oc Register, 30 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • And although there are several great places to explore the reef along Belize’s coast, the island of Ambergris Caye—a 90-minute water taxi ride or a quick 20-minute puddle-jumper flight from Belize City on the mainland—is one of the best places to base yourself.
    Annie Daly, Vogue, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Offshore, the famous Pakleni Islands are a picture-perfect sight, with bright blue waters for swimming, reachable by water taxi or even a private boat.
    Jason Phillips, USA Today, 4 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • This logic linked Ehrlich’s ecological carrying capacity, lifeboat ethics – the idea that wealthy nations risked being swamped by immigration – and reactionary anxieties about demographic change.
    Brian C. Keegan, The Conversation, 26 Mar. 2026
  • The Orion spacecraft is NASA’s deep-space crew vehicle — the astronauts' home, control room, and lifeboat for the entire journey around the moon.
    Tariq Malik, Space.com, 25 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Blasetti is facing grand larceny charges for allegedly swiping a keelboat from the Dyckman Marina in Inwood around noon Saturday and rowed it to a trimaran moored out in the Hudson River.
    Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 24 July 2025
  • Most of the time, a small keelboat barely exceeds 10 knots of speed (11.5mph).
    Andrew Rice, The Athletic, 13 Mar. 2025
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“Narrow boat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/narrow%20boat. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.

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