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单词 flatboats
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flatboat

noun

flat·​boat ˈflat-ˌbōt How to pronounce flatboat (audio)
: a boat with a flat bottom and square ends used for transportation of bulky freight especially in shallow waters

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web An adventure historian builds a 19th-century flatboat and sails it down the Mississippi River. Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2022 Journalist-adventurer Rinker Buck drew on perseverance and courage to safely pilot a flatboat down the Mississippi River – making connections with people and America’s past. Terry W. Hartle, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Aug. 2022 Travel writer Rinker Buck built a flatboat and traveled from Pittsburgh to New Orleans on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. Monitor Reviewers, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Aug. 2022 An adventure historian builds a 19th-century flatboat and sails it down the Mississippi River. Washington Post, 16 Aug. 2022 The wooden flatboat uses the simplest of technology (and whatever parts are handy) to turn a river into a highway. Wsj Books Staff, WSJ, 29 July 2022 There’s plenty of Gulf of Mexico beach camping on the park’s west coast, and much of the park is only accessible by canoe, kayak, or flatboat, so backcountry campers will be rewarded with solitude like few other places left in the U.S. Outside Online, 13 May 2019 The German immigrants arrived in Kentucky on a flatboat in 1794, according to various bourbon history sites, and trace their distilling ancestry to a farm in Bardstown and in Louisville. Grace Schneider, The Courier-Journal, 28 Aug. 2020 Then there was Rufus Putnam, the Revolutionary general who actually led the Ohio Company in its difficult journey to Pittsburgh and down the Ohio on flatboats. Polly Campbell, Cincinnati.com, 1 July 2019 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1653, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

flatboat

noun

flat·​boat ˈflat-ˌbōt How to pronounce flatboat (audio)
: a large boat with a flat bottom and square ends

flatboats

noun

plural of flatboat
as in canoes

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • canoes
  • pirogues
  • bateaux
  • skiffs
  • rafts
  • rowboats
  • scows
  • pontoons
  • paddleboats
  • shallops
  • batteaux
  • dories
  • kayaks
  • pinnaces
  • sampans
  • coracles
  • dhows
  • wherries
  • surfboats
  • dinghies
  • schooners
  • watercrafts
  • vessels
  • outriggers
  • catamarans
  • sailboats
  • johnboats
  • prams
  • dugouts
  • currachs
  • ketches
  • umiaks
  • sculls
  • yachts
  • riverboats
  • catboats
  • punts
  • curraghs
  • gigs
  • crafts
  • motorboats
  • piraguas
  • shells
  • rowing boats
  • dinks
  • garveys
  • longboats
  • cruisers
  • barges
  • outboards
  • powerboats
  • houseboats
  • caïques
  • keelboats
  • towboats
  • bumboats
  • yawls
  • inboards
  • lifeboats
  • cutters
  • tugboats
  • keels
  • ferryboats
  • bottoms
  • auxiliaries
  • tender
  • hoys
  • lighters
  • narrow boats
  • jolly boats
  • ferries
  • tugs
  • gondolas
  • water taxis
  • launches
  • taxis
  • taxies
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