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SMALL BOAT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A boat that is small
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("small boat" is a kind of...):
boat (a small vessel for travel on water)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "small boat"):
canoe (small and light boat; pointed at both ends; propelled with a paddle)
cockleshell (a small light flimsy boat)
coracle (a small rounded boat made of hides stretched over a wicker frame; still used in some parts of Great Britain)
dinghy; dory; rowboat (a small boat of shallow draft with cross thwarts for seats and rowlocks for oars with which it is propelled)
gig (long and light rowing boat; especially for racing)
racing boat (a boat propelled by oarsmen and designed for racing)
skiff (any of various small boats propelled by oars or by sails or by a motor)
yawl (a ship's small boat (usually rowed by 4 or 6 oars))
