SMALL BOAT

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A boat that is small

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

boat (a small vessel for travel on water)

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

canoe (small and light boat; pointed at both ends; propelled with a paddle)

cockleshell (a small light flimsy boat)

coracle (a small rounded boat made of hides stretched over a wicker frame; still used in some parts of Great Britain)

dinghy; dory; rowboat (a small boat of shallow draft with cross thwarts for seats and rowlocks for oars with which it is propelled)

gig (long and light rowing boat; especially for racing)

racing boat (a boat propelled by oarsmen and designed for racing)

skiff (any of various small boats propelled by oars or by sails or by a motor)

yawl (a ship's small boat (usually rowed by 4 or 6 oars))