Dhow vs. Boat

(nautical) A traditional sailing vessel used along the coasts of Arabia, East Africa, and the Indian Ocean, generally having a single mast and a lateen sail.

A coasting vessel of Arabia, East Africa, and the Indian Ocean. It has generally but one mast and a lateen sail.

a lateen-rigged sailing vessel used by Arabs

Dhow (Arabic: داو‎, romanized: dāwa; Marathi: dāw) is the generic name of a number of traditional sailing vessels with one or more masts with settee or sometimes lateen sails, used in the Red Sea and Indian Ocean region. Historians are divided as to whether the dhow was invented by Arabs or Indians.

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.

(poker slang) A full house.

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

Example: ‘a stone boat;’; ‘a gravy boat’;

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

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

(intransitive) To travel by boat.

(transitive) To transport in a boat.

Example: ‘to boat goods’;

(transitive) To place in a boat.

Example: ‘to boat oars’;

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

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.

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

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

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

To go or row in a boat.

Example: ‘I boated over, ran my craft aground.’;

a small vessel for travel on water

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

ride in a boat on water

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.