whaleboat

noun

Definition of whaleboatnext
as in whaler

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Recent Examples of whaleboat One day later, another incident occurred in the evening involving a whaleboat that caught fire and capsized near the province’s Lukolela territory, AP, Al Jazeera and Sky News said, citing Congo’s humanitarian affairs ministry. — Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 13 Sep. 2025 And since each ship carried three to five whaleboats, the amount of rope needed just to conduct whaling operations on one whaleship was as much as ten thousand feet. — Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2025 In Robert Brill’s set, the stage is shaped like a half-pipe with rungs, so that cast members scramble, pitch, tumble, and row flimsy whaleboats over massive waves. — Justin Davidson, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2025 On July 20, 1775, Major Joseph Vose and sixty Continental soldiers landed on Little Brewster in nimble whaleboats. — Dorothy Wickenden, The New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2023 When a prime specimen was chosen, the men set off in a whaleboat rowed by a crew. — Nancy Lord, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Nov. 2022 Setauket whaleboat captain Caleb Brewster, meanwhile, carried messages across Long Island Sound, between Setauket and Connecticut. — Bill Bleyer, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Mar. 2022 Mitch Brown, 27, and his girlfriend Yanna Xian, 24, were swimming on a whaleboat tour when a baby humpback approached them. — People Staff, PEOPLE.com, 10 Jan. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for whaleboat
  1. whaler
  2. workboat
  3. ferry
  4. lugger
  5. ferryboat
  6. banker
  7. gondola
  8. seiner
Noun
  • Shackleton purchased a wooden Norwegian whaler, Foca I, which his wife Emily renamed Quest.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 10 July 2026
  • While en route to ship out on a Nantucket whaler, Ishmael spends a night at New Bedford’s Spouter-Inn, a night which quickly takes on the semblance of stage farce.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 July 2026
Definition of whaler
Noun
  • However, two workboats were visible, moored alongside the aircraft carrier's bow, suggesting both sides of the bow may have been painted with the hull number.
    — Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Nov. 2025
  • The Italian yard, known for building high-performance steel and aluminium workboats, established Forte Yachts to produce stylish pleasure crafts.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 28 Aug. 2025
Definition of workboat
Noun
  • The ferry was built in Japan in 1992 and operated there before being sold to Indonesia in 2015.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Those who are crowd-averse should take it all in from a distance at Battery Park or the Brooklyn Promenade, or hop on the free ferry to Staten Island to catch views of the Statue and the New York Harbor.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of ferry
Noun
  • From time to time, Li Shan would offer Noe a sum impressive to a fisherman to sail his lugger—a forty-foot vessel made for the shallower waters of home into the Gulf to meet a ship bound for New Orleans.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 July 2026
  • The excess metal goes into roll off boxes or lugger boxes at the customer's factory.
    — Susan Tompor, Freep.com, 3 July 2025
Definition of lugger
Noun
  • But nearly a decade since the first city-run ferryboat set sail, the system has been working to win over skeptics.
    — Julia Press, Bloomberg, 22 May 2026
  • Crofton will be the only living person with a Disney ferryboat named after her.
    — Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 May 2026
Definition of ferryboat
Noun
  • Axios reporter Barak Ravid posted a photo on X of the banker, Antoun Sehnaoui, sitting at a restaurant table with Netanyahu and his wife, Sara.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 29 July 2026
  • Successful business owners understand the value of surrounding themselves with experts in their fields — whether that's an accountant, attorney, banker, HR professional, or marketing partner.
    — Steven Beagelman, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
Definition of banker
Noun
  • Beyond ski-in-ski-out access during the winter months, even though this 8,000-square-foot home has its own private gondola, this residence was built for year-round enjoyment.
    — Catherine Dunwoody, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Skyway to Tomorrowland was an aerial gondola which took passengers up in the sky in buckets suspended from cables, transporting them from Fantasyland over to Tomorrowland, with a trip inside the upper portion of the Matterhorn on the way.
    — Julie Tremaine, PEOPLE, 28 July 2026
Definition of gondola
Noun
  • The ships use purse seiner nets and demersal trawlers, destroying the coral underneath and, consequently, the habitat for fish.
    — Nicole Tung, NPR, 18 Apr. 2026
  • Take a scenic cruise along Harbor Drive, where tuna seiners once tied up.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Oct. 2023
Definition of seiner

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