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bareboat
a vessel (such as a yacht) that can be chartered without a captain or crew or provisions
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boat
a small vessel for travel on water
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fishing boat, fishing smack, fishing vessel
a vessel for fishing; often has a well to keep the catch alive
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galley
(classical antiquity) a crescent-shaped seagoing vessel propelled by oars
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galley
a large medieval vessel with a single deck propelled by sails and oars with guns at stern and prow; a complement of 1,000 men; used mainly in the Mediterranean for war and trading
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ice yacht, iceboat, scooter
a sailing vessel with runners and a cross-shaped frame; suitable for traveling over ice
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patrol boat, patrol ship
a vessel assigned to patrol an area
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sailing ship, sailing vessel
a vessel that is powered by the wind; often having several masts
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ship
a vessel that carries passengers or freight
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shrimper
a vessel engaged in shrimping
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weather ship
an oceangoing vessel equipped to make meteorological observations
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racing yacht, yacht
an expensive vessel propelled by sail or power and used for cruising or racing
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abandoned ship, derelict
a ship abandoned on the high seas
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ark
a boat built by Noah to save his family and animals from the flood
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barge, flatboat, hoy, lighter
a flatbottom boat for carrying heavy loads (especially on canals)
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bark, barque
a sailing ship with 3 (or more) masts
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blockade-runner
a ship that runs through or around a naval blockade
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brig
two-masted sailing vessel square-rigged on both masts
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brigantine, hermaphrodite brig
two-masted sailing vessel square-rigged on the foremast and fore-and-aft rigged on the mainmast
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bumboat
a small boat that ferries supplies and commodities for sale to a larger ship at anchor
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canal boat, narrow boat, narrowboat
a long boat that carries freight and is narrow enough to be used in canals
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cargo ship, cargo vessel
a ship designed to carry cargo
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clipper, clipper ship
a fast sailing ship used in former times
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cutter
a sailing vessel with a single mast set further back than the mast of a sloop
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dhow
a lateen-rigged sailing vessel used in the Indian Ocean
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felucca
a fast narrow sailing ship of the Mediterranean
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ferry, ferryboat
a boat that transports people or vehicles across a body of water and operates on a regular schedule
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fireboat
a boat equipped to fight fires on ships or along a waterfront
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flagship
the ship that carries the commander of a fleet and flies his flag
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fore-and-after
sailing vessel with a fore-and-aft rig
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galleon
a large square-rigged sailing ship with three or more masts; used by the Spanish for commerce and war from the 15th to 18th centuries
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gas-turbine ship
a ship powered by a gas turbine
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gondola
long narrow flat-bottomed boat propelled by sculling; traditionally used on canals of Venice
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guard boat
a boat that is on guard duty (as in a harbor) around a fleet of warships
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gunboat
a small shallow-draft boat carrying mounted guns; used by costal patrols
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hospital ship
a ship built to serve as a hospital; used for wounded in wartime
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hulk
a ship that has been wrecked and abandoned
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iceboat, icebreaker
a ship with a reinforced bow to break up ice and keep channels open for navigation
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Indiaman
a large sailing ship that was engaged in the British trade with India
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junk
any of various Chinese boats with a high poop and lugsails
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ketch
a sailing vessel with two masts; the mizzen is forward of the rudderpost
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lightship
a ship equipped like a lighthouse and anchored where a permanent lighthouse would be impracticable
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longboat
the largest boat carried by a merchant sailing vessel
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lugger
small fishing boat rigged with one or more lugsails
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Mackinaw boat, mackinaw
a flat-bottomed boat used on upper Great Lakes
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mail boat, mailboat, packet, packet boat
a boat for carrying mail
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minelayer
ship equipped for laying marine mines
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minesweeper
ship equipped to detect and then destroy or neutralize or remove marine mines
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motorboat, powerboat
a boat propelled by an internal-combustion engine
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nuclear-powered ship
ship whose motive power comes from the energy of a nuclear reactor
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passenger ship
a ship built to carry passengers
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pilot boat
a boat to carry pilots to and from large ships
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pirate, pirate ship
a ship that is manned by pirates
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police boat
a boat used by harbor police
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punt
an open flat-bottomed boat used in shallow waters and propelled by a long pole
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rigger
a sailing vessel with a specified rig
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river boat
a boat used on rivers or to ply a river
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sailboat, sailing boat
a small sailing vessel; usually with a single mast
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school ship, training ship
a ship used to train students as sailors
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schooner
sailing vessel used in former times
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scow
any of various flat-bottomed boats with sloping ends
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sea boat
a boat that is seaworthy; that is adapted to the open seas
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shipwreck
a wrecked ship (or a part of one)
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sister ship
a ship that is one of two or more similar ships built at the same time
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slave ship
a ship used to transport slaves from their homes to places of bondage
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sloop
a sailing vessel with a single mast set about one third of the boat's length aft of the bow
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smack
a sailing ship (usually rigged like a sloop or cutter) used in fishing and sailing along the coast
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small boat
a boat that is small
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small ship
a ship that is small
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square-rigger
a square-rigged sailing ship
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steamboat
a boat propelled by a steam engine
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steamer, steamship
a ship powered by one or more steam engines
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surfboat
a boat that can be launched or landed in heavy surf
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supply ship, tender
ship that usually provides supplies to other ships
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cutter, pinnace, ship's boat, tender
a boat for communication between ship and shore
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three-decker
any ship having three decks
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transport ship
a ship for carrying soldiers or military equipment
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dragger, trawler
a fishing boat that uses a trawl net or dragnet to catch fish
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treasure ship
a 16th-century ship loaded with treasure
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trireme
ancient Greek or Roman galley or warship having three tiers of oars on each side
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troopship
ship for transporting troops
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towboat, tower, tug, tugboat
a powerful small boat designed to pull or push larger ships
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combat ship, war vessel, warship
a government ship that is available for waging war
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whaler, whaling ship
a ship engaged in whale fishing
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windjammer
a large sailing ship
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wreck
a ship that has been destroyed at sea
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dandy, yawl
a sailing vessel with two masts; a small mizzen is aft of the rudderpost
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caravel
a small, light ship with lateen sails and two to four masts; used by Spanish and Portuguese sailors in the 15th and 16th centuries