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riverboat

noun

Definition of riverboat

as in houseboat

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Recent Examples of riverboat Before joining Thunder Valley, Clayton built a career spanning more than 44 years in commercial casinos, racinos, riverboat gaming and tribal gaming operations, giving her experience across nearly every segment of the gaming industry. — Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 3 Aug. 2026 The 28-foot tall, 105-foot-long Mark Twain riverboat still takes travelers through the Rivers of America today, making the loop around Tom Sawyer Island. — Julie Tremaine, PEOPLE, 17 July 2026 This riverboat line warmly welcomes singles, with crew specially trained to ensure these travelers always feel included. — Janice Wald Henderson, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 June 2026 By Bay City News A decommissioned riverboat in Vallejo caught fire late Friday night, according to the Vallejo Fire Department. — Bay City News, Mercury News, 20 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for riverboat

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Tourism is down across Page, say local businesses, with visitors hesitant to rent an expensive houseboat for vacation when the water levels are dropping so precipitously.

— Story Hinckley, Christian Science Monitor, 5 Oct. 2026
Now the church itself hosted dances and houseboat parties and sponsored a youth softball team of which Nell Fisher was the manager.

— Tom Drury, Harpers Magazine, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of houseboat

Noun

Once a thriving fishing village, the island was abandoned when motorboats became commonplace in the mid-20th century, and fishing communities no longer needed to live close to spawning grounds.

— Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Oct. 2026
The prologue starts in 1986 in Newfoundland with a family relocating, uprooting their lives in the most all-encompassing of ways, taking their entire home — propped up on a barge and steered by a lone motorboat — across a bay.

— Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of motorboat

Noun

American builder Cigarette Racing Team was founded by powerboat mogul Don Aronow in 1969 and grew to prominence in the Miami Vice era.

— Robb Report, Robb Report, 9 Oct. 2026
The 6,500-seat stadium on Virginia Key opened in 1963 and was once a major South Florida destination for powerboat racing, concerts and community events.

— Sergio Candido, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of powerboat

Noun

Viking Following on the heels of Viking Amun and Viking Thoth, both of which set sail in 2025, Viking will launch its newest Nile cruiser, Viking Anubis, in 2027.

— Susan B. Barnes, Travel + Leisure, 29 Oct. 2026
Police watched the surveillance footage and determined that after initially arriving in the parking lot, Minardi did not drive the unmarked cruiser.

— Matt Schooley, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of cruiser

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The early whiskey makers in Kentucky were the first to barrel and ship their whiskey on flatboats down to New Orleans.

— Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
On Christmas Eve 1788, settlers hopped into flatboats at Limestone (Maysville, Kentucky) and traveled for four days down the icy Ohio River to establish Losantiville, later called Cincinnati.

— Jeff Suess, The Enquirer, 15 Dec. 2024

Definition of flatboat

Noun

As pheasants dart around the 13,000-acre Althorp estate, Charles Spencer carefully climbs into a small rowboat on the edge of Althorp’s historic Round Oval lake and paddles to the center island.

— Michelle Tauber, PEOPLE, 21 Sep. 2026
In Sacramento, the new governor, Leland Stanford, had to be taken to his inauguration by rowboat.

— Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of rowboat

Noun

Boat ramps in the park can be used as access points for canoes and kayaks, but the wind can whip across Lake Hart west of the park and Lake Mary Jane to the east.

— Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 Oct. 2026
The concierge can arrange morning canoe outings, paddleboarding, beach tennis, and weekend yoga classes; bicycles are also available for rent to ride along the waterfront.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Oct. 2026

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