Boat vs. Galley

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 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.

Galleynoun

(nautical) A long, slender ship propelled primarily by oars, whether having masts and sails or not; usually referring to rowed warships used in the Mediterranean from the 16th century until the modern era.

Galleynoun

(British) A light, open boat used on the Thames by customhouse officers, press gangs, and also for pleasure.

Galleynoun

(nautical) One of the small boats carried by a man-of-war.

Galleynoun

(nautical) The cookroom or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel or aircraft; sometimes on merchant vessels called the caboose.

Galleynoun

An oblong oven or muffle with a battery of retorts; a gallery furnace.

Galleynoun

(printing) An oblong tray of wood or brass, with upright sides, for holding type which has been set, or is to be made up, etc.

Galleynoun

(printing) A proof sheet taken from type while on a galley; a galley proof.

Galleynoun

(heraldry) A representation of a single masted ship propelled by oars, with three flags and a basket.

Galleynoun

A vessel propelled by oars, whether having masts and sails or not

Galleynoun

The cookroom or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel; - sometimes on merchant vessels called the caboose.

Galleynoun

An oblong oven or muffle with a battery of retorts; a gallery furnace.

Galleynoun

the kitchen area for food preparation on an airliner

Galleynoun

the area for food preparation on a ship

Galleynoun

a low, flat ship with one or more sails and up to three banks of oars, chiefly used for warfare or piracy and often manned by slaves or criminals.

Galleynoun

a large open rowing boat kept on a warship for use by the captain.

Galleynoun

the kitchen in a ship or aircraft.

Galleynoun

a printer's proof in the form of long single-column strips, not in sheets or pages.

Galley

A galley is a type of ship that is propelled mainly by rowing. The galley is characterized by its long, slender hull, shallow draft, and low freeboard (clearance between sea and railing).