boat
/boʊ̯t/ noun A1- A small, usually open craft used for travelling over water, propelled by oars, motor or wind. Usually contrasted with "ship". · We can't get everything in the boat. We'll leave this stuff behind.
- A submarine.
- A large, ocean-going ship.
- A shallow jug used to serve sauces or other liquid foods. · a stone boat; a gravy boat
- A vessel used to store the incense to be burned during a service; an incense boat.
- A full house.
- A car, especially a large or heavy one. · Near-synonyms: land yacht, sled· He claimed to be broke but he always drove that ridiculous boat.
- One of two possible conformations of cyclohexane rings (the other being chair), shaped roughly like a boat.
Plural boats
From the library
Shall it be to Africa, a-steering of the boat,
WHERE GO THE BOATS?
Boats of mine a-boating--
Shall bring my boats ashore.
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