houseboat
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++house·boat /ˈhaʊsbəʊt $ -boʊt/ noun [countable] TTWa river boat that you can live in 船屋
Examples from the Corpus
houseboat• I think you really live in a houseboat with the seasons more than up the hill.• We talked as we walked the beach and peeked at the funky houseboats along the waterfront.• His houseboat was anchored overnight in a cove at Lake Shasta.• Hundreds of houseboats, which once sustained over 350,000 people, lie deserted along the picturesque Dal Lake.• The contractor also removed the second story of a sunken houseboat and barged it to shore.• Elliott's predicament was watched with some interest from the houseboat Duende.• The money he had stolen from the gravel pits reposed under his bunk in the houseboat.house·boat nounChineseSyllable
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houseboat
house‧boat /ˈhaʊsbəʊt $ -boʊt/
noun [countable]
a river boat that you can live in
■ types of boat
▪yacht a large boat with a sail, used for pleasure or sport
▪sailing boat British English, sailboat American English a boat that uses one or more sails
▪rowing boat British English, rowboat American English a small boat that you move through the water with oars
▪dinghy a small open boat used for pleasure, or for taking people between a ship and the shore
▪catamaran a sailing boat with two separate hulls (=the part that goes in the water)
▪trimaran a sailing boat with three separate HULLSs
▪barge a large low boat with a flat bottom, used for carrying heavy goods on a canal or river
▪canal boat (also narrow boat British English) a boat that you use on canals
▪canoe a long light boat that is open at the top and pointed at both ends, which you move along using a paddle. Canoes are for one to three people
▪kayak a light boat for one or two people, that is pointed at both ends and covered on top. A kayak has round holes on top in which the people sit, and you move it along using a paddle.
▪punt a long thin boat with a flat bottom that you move by pushing a long pole against the bottom of the river – used for pleasure
▪houseboat a boat that is specially made so that you can live on it
▪pleasure boat a small boat, for example a sailing boat or a rowing boat, that people use on a lake, river etc: People were out on the lake in pleasure boats.
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house‧boat /ˈhaʊsbəʊt $ -boʊt/
noun [countable]a river boat that you can live in
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