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HOY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hoy mean?
• HOY (noun)
The noun HOY has 1 sense:
1. a flatbottom boat for carrying heavy loads (especially on canals)
Familiarity information: HOY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A flatbottom boat for carrying heavy loads (especially on canals)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
Hypernyms ("hoy" is a kind of...):
boat (a small vessel for travel on water)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hoy"):
dredger (a barge (or a vessel resembling a barge) that is used for dredging)
houseboat (a barge that is designed and equipped for use as a dwelling)
pontoon ((nautical) a floating structure (as a flat-bottomed boat) that serves as a dock or to support a bridge)
scow (a barge carrying bulk materials in an open hold)
Norfolk wherry; wherry (sailing barge used especially in East Anglia)
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