boats
/bəʊts//boʊts/
noun
- 1
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.
- 2
A full house.
- 3
A vehicle, utensil, or dish somewhat resembling a boat in shape.
“a stone boat; a gravy boat”
- 4
One of two possible conformations of cyclohexane rings (the other being chair), shaped roughly like a boat.
- 5
The refugee boats arriving in Australian waters, and by extension, refugees generally.
verb
- 1
To travel by boat.
- 2
To transport in a boat.
“to boat goods”
- 3
To place in a boat.
“to boat oars”
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