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boat, ship, ship
boat (BOHT) (noun)
A waterborne vessel which is propelled by means of oars, paddles, power: The students paddled their small red boat on the river, winning the race.
ship (SHIP) (noun)
A large seagoing vessel that is propelled by power or sail: The large ship, carrying fruit, sailed carefully through the Panama Canal.
ship (SHIP) (verb)
1. To transport on a waterborne vessel: Tami will ship her new car by freighter to England.
2. To send away: Zachary's plan is to ship his boys off to boarding school when they are older.
2. To send away: Zachary's plan is to ship his boys off to boarding school when they are older.
Monroe noticed that the ship he was on had a large life boat in case of an emergency.
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Confusing Words Clarified: Group B; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, Polysemes, etc.
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(Greek: boat-shaped [often refers to bones]; shaped like the hull of a boat; dug out like a boat; trench; deep vessel)
Word Entries containing the term:
“boat”
boat marina *
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Pleonasms or Tautological Redundancies
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