rowing boat

Definition of rowing boatnext
chiefly British

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Noun
  • After lunch, Bud and Stan took a canoe to explore a long draw of water in back of camp while Ed and I strung up the radio aerial and called Cache Lake.
    Marc Terziev, Outdoor Life, 25 June 2026
  • Is a canoe the most reliable mode of transport for getting to the World Cup in New Jersey?
    Austin Elias-de Jesus, New Yorker, 22 June 2026
Noun
  • The senator knelt at the edge of the water to warn a raft of seven ducks about an impending threat in their midst.
    Jesús Rodríguez, New Yorker, 25 June 2026
  • The tie-up was announced as Qualcomm unveiled a raft of products aimed at capturing a slice of the runaway spending on AI computing.
    Bloomberg, Mercury News, 25 June 2026
Noun
  • Although San Francisco Bay is cold, the fitness icon Jack La Lanne once swam to the island pulling a rowboat, and several children also made the swim.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 24 Apr. 2026
  • On high-water days, tourists board a rowboat ferry for the two-minute trip.
    Lauren Villagran, USA Today, 11 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Captain An Electric Boat Around Morro Bay Estero Adventures rents quiet electric pontoon boats that visitors operate themselves.
    David Hochman, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
  • But nature is the real reason people step on his pontoon.
    John Lauritsen, CBS News, 25 June 2026
Noun
  • The drugs were thought to have been brought over by dinghy from Anzio on the mainland, police said.
    Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Money, 24 June 2026
  • His anti-immigration message has shifted from focusing on Polish plumbers to asylum seekers in dinghies.
    ABC News, ABC News, 23 June 2026
Noun
  • Assateague's spectacular national seashore is best explored by kayak.
    Terry Ward, Travel + Leisure, 26 June 2026
  • On the Water Rent a kayak, canoe, or stand-up paddleboard from Crystal River Outfitters and explore Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore via the meandering Crystal River.
    Robert Annis, Midwest Living, 24 June 2026
Noun
  • Another unique addition to the outdoor space is a wooden skiff from Martha's Vineyard, which Leon says was one of his dad's favorite anecdotes to share with visitors.
    Natalia Senanayake, PEOPLE, 11 May 2026
  • Over several weeks during the summers of 2020 through 2023, our team spent many hours navigating Mosquito Lagoon in a small skiff designed for shallow depths, recording seagrass presence.
    Hannah V. Herrero, The Conversation, 21 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Explore a wider range of options for yourself and your team for future work options, including full-time jobs, part-time roles, freelance gigs, and entrepreneurial and intrapreneurial pursuits.
    Laurel Donnellan, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
  • On summer breaks during college, Pughsley got a gig selling books door-to-door in rural Iowa.
    Keith O’Brien, New Yorker, 25 June 2026
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“Rowing boat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rowing%20boat. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.

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