Boat vs. Dinghy

Boatnoun

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.

Boatnoun

(poker slang) A full house.

Boatnoun

A vehicle, utensil, or dish somewhat resembling a boat in shape.

Boatnoun

(chemistry) One of two possible conformations of cyclohexane rings (the other being chair), shaped roughly like a boat.

Boatnoun

The refugee boats arriving in Australian waters, and by extension, refugees generally.

Boatverb

(intransitive) To travel by boat.

Boatverb

(transitive) To transport in a boat.

Boatverb

(transitive) To place in a boat.

Boatnoun

A small open vessel, or water craft, usually moved by cars or paddles, but often by a sail.

Boatnoun

Hence, any vessel; usually with some epithet descriptive of its use or mode of propulsion; as, pilot boat, packet boat, passage boat, advice boat, etc. The term is sometimes applied to steam vessels, even of the largest class; as, the Cunard boats.

Boatnoun

A vehicle, utensil, or dish, somewhat resembling a boat in shape; as, a stone boat; a gravy boat.

Boatverb

To transport in a boat; as, to boat goods.

Boatverb

To place in a boat; as, to boat oars.

Boatverb

To go or row in a boat.

Boatnoun

a small vessel for travel on water

Boatnoun

a dish (often boat-shaped) for serving gravy or sauce

Boatverb

ride in a boat on water

Boat

A boat is a watercraft of a large range of types and sizes, but generally smaller than a ship, which is distinguished by its larger size, shape, cargo or passenger capacity, or its ability to carry boats. Small boats are typically found on inland waterways such as rivers and lakes, or in protected coastal areas.

Dinghynoun

(nautical) A small open boat, propelled by oars or paddles, carried as a tender, lifeboat, or pleasure craft on a ship.

Dinghynoun

(nautical) An inflatable rubber life raft.

Dinghynoun

a small boat of shallow draft with cross thwarts for seats and rowlocks for oars with which it is propelled

Dinghy

A dinghy is a type of small boat, often carried or towed by a larger vessel for use as a lifeboat or tender. Utility dinghies are usually rowboats or have an outboard motor.