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Flatboat

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bargenoun(nautical) A large flat-bottomed towed or self-propelled boat used mainly for river and canal transport of heavy goods or bulk cargo.
lighternounA device used to light things, especially a reusable handheld device for creating fire to light cigarettes.
hoynoun(nautical) A small coaster vessel, usually sloop-rigged, used in conveying passengers and goods, or as a tender to larger vessels in port.

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bargenoun(nautical) A large flat-bottomed towed or self-propelled boat used mainly for river and canal transport of heavy goods or bulk cargo.
hoynoun(nautical) A small coaster vessel, usually sloop-rigged, used in conveying passengers and goods, or as a tender to larger vessels in port.
lighternounA device used to light things, especially a reusable handheld device for creating fire to light cigarettes.
bateaunounA small, flat-bottomed type of boat.
flatHaving no variations in height.
flyboatnounA kind of passenger boat formerly used on canals.
fishboatnounA fishing boat.
bumboatnoun(nautical) A small boat used for carrying provisions to ships lying at anchor in a harbour.
johnboatnouna flat-bottomed boat with a very shallow draft, whose bow and stern are both squared off
foyboatnounA small workboat primarily used to assist the mooring and servicing of a larger vessel, especially on the rivers of north-east England.
floatnounA buoyant device used to support something in water or another liquid.
scownounA large flat-bottomed boat, having broad, square ends.
mailboatnounA boat used to transport mail.
fishing boatnounA boat used for fishing.
raftnounA flat-bottomed craft able to float and drift on water, used for transport or as a waterborne platform.
fly-boatnounAlternative form of flyboat. [A large flat-bottomed Dutch coasting vessel.]
fold boatnounAlternative spelling of foldboat. [(kayaking) A type of collapsible canoe.]
fisher-boatnounA boat used for fishing.
packet boatnoun(historical) A boat that carried mail, cargo, and, in later years, some passengers along a regularly scheduled route up and down a river or canal.
airboatnounA flat-bottomed boat driven by an in-air propeller and used in shallow water.

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