canoe

CEFRB1

/kəˈnuː/

noun · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A narrow light boat moved with a paddle.

  2. 02

    verb

    To travel in a canoe.

Examples

  • A big canoe was cutting through the water.

  • An accomplishment cannot be looked upon as yours unless you have paddled your own canoe.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. An oversize, usually older, luxury car.

  2. Any of the deflectors positioned around a roulette wheel, shaped like upside-down boats.

  3. A small long and narrow boat, propelled by one or more people (depending on the size of canoe), using single-bladed paddles. The paddlers face in the direction of travel, in either a seated position, or kneeling on the bottom of the boat. Canoes are open on top, and pointed at both ends.

More examples

In context

  • We went down a river by canoe.

  • The canoe is of pure black oak, and is in excellent preservation.

  • He and Gerald usually challenged the rollers in a sponson canoe when Gerald was there for the weekend; […]

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Origin

noun

Adopted in 16th century from Spanish canoa, from Taíno *kanowa (“dugout canoe”) (compare Lokono kanoa (“canoe”), Wayuu anuwa, anua (“boat, canoe”)), from Proto-Arawak *kanawa.