English

Etymology

bāt. From }. Related to Old Norse , (Icelandic: ). Related to German Boot and Dutch boot.

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

Hyponyms

ark, bangca, barge, canoe, catamaran, caravel, carrack, coracle, cruiser, cutter, dhow, dinghy, dory, dragon boat, Dutch barge, East Indiaman, felucca, ferry, ferryboat, fishing boat, folding boat, galley, galleon, gig, go-fast boat, houseboat, hovercraft, hydrofoil, hydroplane, inflatable boat, inflatable raft, jetboat, jetski, junk, kayaaki, caik/kaiki/kayık, kayak, ketch, lifeboat, log boat, luxemotor, motorboat, motorsailer, narrowboat, Norfolk wherry, outrigger canoe, peniche, pinnace, powerboat, raft, rigid-hulled inflatable boat (RIB), rowboat, sailboat, schooner, Seiner, ship of the line, skiff, sloop, steam boat, submarine, tender, tjalk, trawler, trireme, trimaran, troller, tug, tugboat, U-boat, water taxi, whaleboat, yacht, yawl