Boat

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Mục lục 1 Noun 1.1 a vessel for transport by water, constructed to provide buoyancy by excluding water and shaped to give stability and permit propulsion. 1.2 a small ship, generally for specialized use 1.3 a small vessel carried for use by a large one, as a lifeboat 1.4 a ship. 1.5 a vessel of any size built for navigation on a river or other inland body of water. 1.6 a serving dish resembling a boat 1.7 Ecclesiastical . a container for holding incense before it is placed in the censer. 2 Verb (used without object) 2.1 to go in a boat 3 Verb (used with object) 3.1 to transport in a boat 3.2 to remove (an oar) from the water and place athwartships. Compare ship ( def. 8 ) . ? 4 Idioms 4.1 in the same boat 4.2 miss the boat 4.3 rock the boat. rock 2 ( def. 15 ) . 5 Synonyms 5.1 noun

Noun

a vessel for transport by water, constructed to provide buoyancy by excluding water and shaped to give stability and permit propulsion.

a small ship, generally for specialized use

a fishing boat.

a small vessel carried for use by a large one, as a lifeboat

They lowered the boats for evacuation.

a ship.

a vessel of any size built for navigation on a river or other inland body of water.

a serving dish resembling a boat

a gravy boat; a celery boat.

Ecclesiastical . a container for holding incense before it is placed in the censer.

Verb (used without object)

to go in a boat

We boated down the Thames.

Verb (used with object)

to transport in a boat

They boated us across the bay.

to remove (an oar) from the water and place athwartships. Compare ship ( def. 8 ) . ?

Idioms

in the same boat

in the same circumstances; faced with the same problems

The new recruits were all in the same boat.

miss the boat

Informal .

to fail to take advantage of an opportunity

He missed the boat when he applied too late to get into college.

to miss the point of; fail to understand

I missed the boat on that explanation.

rock the boat. rock 2 ( def. 15 ) .

Synonyms

noun

ark , barge , bark , bateau , bottom , bucket , canoe , catamaran , craft , dinghy , dory , hulk , ketch , launch , lifeboat , pinnace , raft , sailboat , schooner , scow , ship , skiff , sloop , steamboat , tub , yachtnotes:a boat is a vessel that can be hauled aboard a ship , according to the navy , with a ship being somewhat larger , argo , argosy , banca , brig , bucentaur , bully , bumboat , caique , caravel , cat , catboat , coble , cock , cockleshell , cog , coggle , coracle , cruise , cruiser , currach , cutter , dhow , dinghey , drifter , drogher , dugout , felucca , ferry , ferry-boat , frigate , galley , garvey , gig , gondola , hovercraft , hoy , hydrofoil , hydroplane , inboard , junk , kayak , life , lighter , liner , longboat , lugger , masoola , moses , motor , oomiac , outboard , pink , pirogue , pontoon , praam , proa , punt , randan , river , row , rowboat , sail , sampan , scooter , scull , shallop , shell , skag , smack , steam , steamer , submarine , tack , tanker , tartan , tender , tow , towboat , transport , trawler , trekschuit , trimaran , trow , tug , umiak , una boat , vaporetto , vedette , vessel , wangan , water craft , watercraft , wherry , xebec , yacht , yawl