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TOWBOAT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does towboat mean?
• TOWBOAT (noun)
The noun TOWBOAT has 1 sense:
1. a powerful small boat designed to pull or push larger ships
Familiarity information: TOWBOAT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A powerful small boat designed to pull or push larger ships
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
Hypernyms ("towboat" is a kind of...):
boat (a small vessel for travel on water)
Meronyms (parts of "towboat"):
helm (steering mechanism for a vessel; a mechanical device by which a vessel is steered)
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