| BAREBOAT | • bareboat adj. Being or pertaining to a charter for the hire of a boat without any crew or provisions included. • BAREBOAT n. a pleasure-boat rented without personnel. |
| COCKBOAT | • cockboat n. (Nautical) A small rowing boat, especially one pulled behind a larger ship, or used to ferry goods between… • cock-boat n. Alternative form of cockboat. • COCKBOAT n. a small boat. |
| FALTBOAT | • faltboat n. A kind of collapsible canoe. • FALTBOAT n. a collapsible boat of rubberized sailcloth, also FOLDBOAT. |
| FIREBOAT | • fireboat n. A harbor boat designed for pumping large volumes of harbor water onto dockside fires. • FIREBOAT n. a boat equipped with firefighting apparatus. |
| FISHBOAT | • fishboat n. A fishing boat. • FISHBOAT n. a watercraft used for fishing. |
| FLATBOAT | • flatboat n. A boxy, flat-bottomed boat used for carrying livestock, freight, and people on rivers. • FLATBOAT n. a large flat-bottomed boat for transporting goods on a river, canal, etc. |
| FOLDBOAT | • foldboat n. (Kayaking) A type of collapsible canoe. • fold␣boat n. Alternative spelling of foldboat. • FOLDBOAT n. a collapsible boat resembling a kayak, also FALTBOAT. |
| JOHNBOAT | • johnboat n. A flat-bottomed boat with a very shallow draft, whose bow and stern are both squared off. • JOHNBOAT n. a narrow square-ended boat. |
| KEELBOAT | • keelboat n. (Sailing) Any sailboat having a keel (as opposed to a centerboard or daggerboard). • KEELBOAT n. a type of yacht with a heavy external keel to offset the weight of the sails. |
| LIFEBOAT | • lifeboat n. (Nautical) A boat especially designed for saving the lives of shipwrecked people or people in distress… • lifeboat n. (Science fiction) An emergency vehicle carried aboard a spaceship. • lifeboat v. To rescue; to carry to safety. |
| LONGBOAT | • longboat n. (Nautical) Among the boats carried by a ship the largest, thus the most capable of boats carried on a ship. • LONGBOAT n. a Viking ship, also LONGSHIP. |
| MAILBOAT | • mailboat n. A boat used to transport mail. • MAILBOAT n. a boat that carries mail. |
| MAXIBOAT | • maxi␣boat n. A class of racing sailing yacht that pushes at the upper limits of the International Offshore Rule of… • MAXIBOAT n. a large racing yacht. |
| SAILBOAT | • sailboat n. A boat propelled by a sail. • sailboat n. (Slang, card games) A playing card with the rank of four. • SAILBOAT n. a boat with sails. |
| SHOWBOAT | • showboat n. (US) A river steamboat having a resident theatre. • showboat n. (Informal, chiefly US, by extension) A showoff. • showboat v. (Informal, chiefly US) To show off. |
| SURFBOAT | • surfboat n. Alternative spelling of surf boat. • surf␣boat n. A type of boat used in surf lifesaving to go from shore out through the breaking waves, and back again… • SURFBOAT n. a strong rowboat. |
| WORKBOAT | • workboat n. A boat used for purposes other than recreation, passenger transport, or combat. • WORKBOAT n. a commercial boat. |