boat

English

/bəʊt/, /boʊt/

noun
Definitions
  • 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.
  • (poker slang) A full house.
  • A vehicle, utensil, or dish somewhat resembling a boat in shape.
  • (chemistry) One of two possible conformations of cyclohexane rings (the other being chair), shaped roughly like a boat.
  • (AU) The refugee boats arriving in Australian waters, and by extension, refugees generally.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English bot (ship, boat) inherited from Old English bāt (boat, vessel, food, that which can be bitten, bait, ship) inherited from Proto-Germanic *baitaz derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (split, break, cleave, separate, chop, break down).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*bʰeyd-

Gloss

split, break, cleave, separate, chop, break down

Concept
Semantic Field

Basic actions and technology

Ontological Category

Action/Process

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