boat
a small vessel for travel on water
How often you will meet it
Rank 712 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 26,507 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.013% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 1,000 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
noun
- a small vessel for travel on water
- a dish (often boat-shaped) for serving gravy or sauce also: gravy boat, gravy holder, sauceboat
verb
- ride in a boat on water
boat in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Competing still, ye huntsman-whalers, In leviathan’s wake what boat prevails?
John Marr and Other Poems · Herman Melville · Chapter 1
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There was Kat's shoe sailing away toward America like a little boat!
The Dutch Twins · Lucy Fitch Perkins · Chapter 1
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There were three sailors of Bristol city Who took a boat and went to sea.
Poems Every Child Should Know · Mary E. (Mary Elizabeth) [Editor] Burt · Chapter 1
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They hurry from the boat as if 'twere Charon's, and they were about stepping into the fields of Elysium!
Sketches by Seymour — Volume 04 · Robert Seymour · Chapter 1
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The boat is sure to be missed, in the morning, for the carpenter will be wanting it to go over the side.
Under Drake's Flag · G. A. (George Alfred) Henty · Chapter 1