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towboat

noun

Definition of towboat

as in tugboat

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Recent Examples of towboat Witnesses watch as barge hits sailboat of campers The operator likely couldn’t hear from inside the pilot house atop the towboat, the captain said. — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 3 Aug. 2025 The Wake Pro 230 was designed around being a towboat, for water-skiing, wakeboarding, or wake-surfing. — Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 11 July 2025 In 2002, a freight barge struck a pier of Oklahoma’s Interstate 40 bridge after the towboat’s captain lost consciousness, collapsing a section of the bridge and killing 14. — Marc Ramirez, USA TODAY, 24 Mar. 2025 According to her Forbes profile, Ingram Marine operates 5,000 barges and approximately 150 towboats on America's inland waterways. — Diana Leyva, The Tennessean, 11 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for towboat

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Noun

The car stops, and there’s a tugboat in the middle of the road.

— Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 28 July 2026
According to court records, Lopez Insua was piloting a 25-foot (8-meter) tugboat pushing a construction barge across Biscayne Bay on July 28, 2025.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 July 2026

Definition of tugboat

Noun

In other parts of the route, the road drops close enough to the river so that drivers can watch barge traffic on the Mississippi.

— Iona Brannon, Travel + Leisure, 29 July 2026
Once the plant reaches the end of its operational lifespan, tugboats will tow the entire barge to a specialized shipyard for decommissioning.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 29 July 2026

Definition of barge

Noun

True to the messy nature of a break-up, the 14-song track list mirrors all of the tug and pull phases of heartbreak.

— Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2026
This one includes an 83-foot hose (78 feet of retractable hose and a 5-foot lead) that automatically rewinds with a simple tug.

— Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of tug

Noun

Built to counter submarine threats Rheinmetall said the GMF 140 was designed from the keel up as a multi-domain combat ship with a strong focus on anti-submarine warfare.

— Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 4 Aug. 2026
For example, without a keel or rudder, the canoes are steered by just hand blades fighting all that force.

— Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 22 July 2026

Definition of keel

Noun

This sailing school follows both Sail Canada's and keelboat certification programs as well.

— Kaitlyn McInnis, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
However, apart from his time competing on high-speed M32 catamarans, Canfield’s experience and success have come through racing traditional keelboats.

— Andrew Rice, The Athletic, 13 Mar. 2025

Definition of keelboat

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