Thesaurus results for POWERBOAT

powerboat

noun

ˈpau̇(-ə)r-ˌbōt

Definition of powerboat next

as in motorboat

a boat equipped with a motor his friend had a powerboat and took them out waterskiing

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Recent Examples of powerboat The two boats, along with a 31-foot Fountain powerboat also linked to the smuggling operation, will be forfeited to the federal government, the department said. —

Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 25 Nov. 2025 Interested parties will also have a chance to buy an Aero Hunton XRS37 powerboat. —

Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 28 Oct. 2025 Powering over the horizon on my beloved center console powerboat and not wearing a shirt for long periods of time! —

Bill Springer, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025 This weekend, the historic powerboat racing series returns to east Mission Bay for the 57th time. —

Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for powerboat

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Instead, Chinese Indonesian studio operators worked with Javanese painters to produce popular backdrops of local Indonesian landscapes—featuring scenery such as palm trees and volcanoes—with modern instruments like radios and motorboats serving as props.

— H.M.A. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 17 Apr. 2026
An American who was arrested in the Bahamas after his wife vanished while the couple were traveling in a motorboat near the archipelago denies any wrongdoing, his attorney said Thursday.

— R.j. Rico, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026