Phrase Hound found 235 phrases and 208 compound words that contain boat. The most common are listed below. Open boat in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 235
- fishing boatA boat used for fishing.
- miss the boatTo fail to take advantage of an opportunity; to overlook or be too late to pursue an option or course of action.
- rock the boatTo disturb the status quo or go against rules or conventions, as in an effort to get attention.
- turn the boatTo make a major change in behavior, strategy, topic under discussion, etc.
- missed the boatsimple past and past participle of miss the boat
- boat tripA trip made by boat or ship.
- well-boatA fishing vessel designed to carry live fish in a tank or well.
- same boatMe too; I am in the same situation.
- boat rampan inclined slab, or a channel, where small boats are launched.
- boat peopleRefugees fleeing by sea, particularly those fleeing from South Vietnam during the 1970s and '80s.
- dragon boatA type of boat raced in Chinese festivals featuring a dragon motif and twenty paddling, one drumming, and one steering known as the sweep.
- boat personA member of any of the ethnic or refugee groups known as "boat people".
- boat liftA mechanism used for raising and lowering boats on a canal vertically from one water level to another, while keeping them afloat.
- packet boatAn ocean-going ship chartered by the government to carry the mail and official communications.
- boat raceA race between rowing crews.
- Boat ride
- boat trainA travel service with a train timed to arrive at a ferry port in time for the onward travel by ferry (or vice versa). Alternatively, a service scheduled to connect with the arrival or departure of an ocean liner.
- boy in the boatThe human clitoris.
- boat showan exhibition where (usually) new boat models are on show to the public.
- ice boatAn ice yacht.
- U-boatAny German submarine of the First or Second World War, or any Austro-Hungarian submarine of the First World War.
- flying boatA fixed-winged seaplane with a hull, capable of landing on water, but (unless also equipped with wheels) not on land.
- turned the boatsimple past and past participle of turn the boat
- pilot boatA kind of boat used to transport pilots between land and the inbound or outbound ships that they are piloting.
- Upper BoatA suburban village in Pontypridd community, Rhondda Cynon Taf borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref ST1087).
Compound words 208
- steamboatA boat or vessel propelled by steam power.
- sailboatA boat propelled by a sail.
- lifeboatA boat especially designed for saving the lives of shipwrecked people or people in distress at sea (either launched from the shore with a crew, or else carried on board a larger ship).
- tugboatA small, powerful boat used to push or pull barges or to help maneuver larger vessels.
- riverboatA watercraft designed for operating on rivers.
- motorboatAny vessel driven by an engine (either inboard or outboard), but especially a small one.
- boathouseA building at the edge of a river, lake or other body of water in which boats are kept.
- houseboatA vessel, such as a barge, used as a dwelling.
- boaterSomeone who travels by boat.
- boatmanA sailor on a small vessel (boat), particularly its captain.