plural boats
1
a
: a small vessel for travel on water
b
: ship
2
: a boat-shaped container, utensil, or device
a gravy boat
a laboratory boat
3
informal
: a large car
A lot of people still think Cadillac makes big floaty boats.—
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boated; boating; boats
: to place in or bring into a boat
: to go by boat
Examples of boat in a Sentence
Noun
He tied the boat to the dock.
Cruise ships and other boats filled the harbor.
traveling by boat across the ocean
Verb
We boated over to the island.
boated to the picnic site on an island in the bay
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Gershon Harrell, Sun Sentinel, 24 July 2025
Two French sailors were rescued off the coast of northern Spain after their boat was rammed by orcas.
—Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 July 2025
Nielsen Dinwoodie, Forbes.com, 21 July 2025
Consider postponing boating activities on the lake until a day with less wind.
—Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 21 July 2025
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Noun
On Wednesday, the 27-year-old woman and her boyfriend took their boat on the South Fork River.
—Gershon Harrell, Sun Sentinel, 24 July 2025
Two French sailors were rescued off the coast of northern Spain after their boat was rammed by orcas.
—Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 July 2025
Verb
The single-story five-room house stretches comfortably over 4,000 square feet (370 square meters) on a plot more than four times that footprint—with a private boating dock.
—Nielsen Dinwoodie, Forbes.com, 21 July 2025
Consider postponing boating activities on the lake until a day with less wind.
—Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 21 July 2025
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“Boat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boat. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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boat
1 of 2 noun1
: a small vessel for travel on water
3
: a boat-shaped utensil
gravy boat
boat
2 of 2 verb1
: to put into or carry in a boat
2
: to travel by boat
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