narrow boat

noun

Definition of narrow boatnext
British
as in jolly boat

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for narrow boat
  1. barge
  2. keel
  3. lighter
  4. cutter
  5. tender
  6. water taxi
  7. lifeboat
  8. keelboat
Noun
  • Supplies for the season are brought in via a massive barge from Vancouver while fresh produce is brought in weekly.
    Kyle J. Russell, USA TODAY, 16 Dec. 2024
  • Deep water surrounded much of the area, so someone had placed sheets of wood on top of a chain link fence and balanced both on blocks of plastic foam, creating a makeshift barge that could pull piles of debris from shore to shore. Skid loaders crisscrossed the nearby sand.
    Blake Nelson, The Mercury News, 12 Nov. 2024
Definition of barge
Noun
  • Intelligence unmoored from values is no better than a ship without a keel, charting courses without regard to consequence.
    Hamilton Mann, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2024
  • But keeping an even keel, and sticking with the plan even after taking a fist to the nose, has been working so far.
    Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 3 Nov. 2024
Definition of keel
Noun
  • This year’s torch lighters include soldiers, medical personnel and civilians who saved lives on Oct. 7.
    Deborah Danan, Sun Sentinel, 25 Nov. 2024
  • Many would have seen the sad sea turtle with a straw embedded deep into its nostril, or the albatross chicks having been fed bottle caps and cigarette lighters by their unknowing parents.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 17 Sep. 2024
Definition of lighter
Noun
  • Sugano also throws a cutter, slider, splitter, sinker and curve.
    Chuck Murr, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
  • The pair of figures came into and out of focus; in some passages the surface had hyper-similitude, in others a rougher, grooved surface, betraying the involvement of a CNC cutter.
    Glenn Adamson, ARTnews.com, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of cutter
Noun
  • In that game, quarterback Justin Herbert was playing on a tender ankle and the Chargers were missing both starting offensive tackles and star safety Derwin James Jr. Since, the Chargers have won six of eight and are currently the fifth seed in the AFC, putting them squarely in the playoff picture.
    Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
  • His very funny and touching stories about his own tender childhood segue into pieces about his regrets, anxieties, and triumphs as a father.
    Brian Boone, Vulture, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of tender
Noun
  • Water Taxi: Miami Beach is launching four water taxis to take folks between the Beach and downtown Miami beginning Wednesday.
    Martin Vassolo, Axios, 2 Dec. 2024
  • The 30-seat water taxi has enough room for ski equipment during the winter season and bikes in summer.
    Paul Ridden, New Atlas, 25 Nov. 2024
Definition of water taxi
Noun
  • And his administration will have ample opportunities to slow or even kill future transactions – lifeboats that some media companies may need to survive.
    Matt Egan, CNN, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Out of the ship's 132 passengers and crew, 114 people died – and the few people who survived the wreck were stuck in a lifeboat for a week.
    Andrea Vacchiano, Fox News, 10 Sep. 2024
Definition of lifeboat
Noun
  • Typically 60 feet long and 8 feet wide, capable of bearing 40 tons, the keelboat was specially designed for the western rivers.
    Boyce Upholt, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 June 2024
  • In a dominating victory in the three-person Soling keelboat at the 1972 Olympics, Melges unseated the sport’s greatest sailor, Paul Elvstrom, who had won four Olympic Gold medals.
    Chris Museler, New York Times, 22 May 2023
Definition of keelboat
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