boat

CEFRA1

/ˈbəʊ̯t/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A small vessel used for traveling on water.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A conveyance, utensil, or dish somewhat resembling a boat in shape.

Examples

  • He had a new car and a boat.

  • I want a boat that will take me far away from here.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /ˈboʊ̯t/
  • /bot/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A full house.

  2. A craft used for transportation of goods, fishing, racing, recreational cruising, or military use on or in the water, propelled by oars or outboard motor or inboard motor or by wind.

  3. A large and heavy car; the term connotes wasteful size.

More examples

In context

  • Remember that we are all in the same boat.

  • We can't get everything in the boat. We'll leave this stuff behind.

  • a stone boat; a gravy boat

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

From Middle English bot, boot, boet, boyt (“boat”), from Old English bāt (“boat”), from Proto-West Germanic *bait, from Proto-Germanic *baitaz, *baitą (“boat, small ship”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (“to break, split”) (whence also fissure via Latin). Cognate with Old Norse beit (“boat”), Middle Dutch beitel (“little boat”). Old Norse bátr (whence Faroese and Icelandic bátur, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish båt, Danish båd), Dutch boot, German Boot, Occitan batèl and French bateau are all ultimately borrowings from the Old English word. Compare typologically ship << Proto-Indo-European *skey-; Russian долблёнка (dolbljónka) (< долби́ть (dolbítʹ)), Russian чёлн (čoln)...