RIVER BOAT

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A boat used on rivers or to ply a river

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("river boat" is a kind of...):

boat (a small vessel for travel on water)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "river boat"):

keelboat (river boat with a shallow draught and a keel but no sails; used to carry freight; moved by rowing or punting or towing)

showboat (a river steamboat on which theatrical performances could be given (especially on the Mississippi River))