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BOAT RACE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does boat race mean? 

BOAT RACE (noun)
  The noun BOAT RACE has 1 sense:

1. a race between people rowing or driving boatsplay

  Familiarity information: BOAT RACE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BOAT RACE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A race between people rowing or driving boats

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

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

race (a contest of speed)

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

sailing-race; yacht race (a race between crews of people in yachts)


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