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• cabin cruiser
• dragon boat
• rubber dinghy
• While you can take a motorboat, many people prefer to take the original Venetian taxi, the famous gondola.  

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something that you do, or a thing that you give someone, that expresses your feelings or intentions, although it might have little practical effect

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a boat propelled by an inboard or outboard motor .

to travel in or operate a motorboat: to motorboat from Hyannis to Martha's Vineyard.

Origin of motorboat

Other words from motorboat.

• mo·tor·boat·er, noun

Words Nearby motorboat

• moto perpetuo
• motorbicycle
• motorboating

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How to use motorboat in a sentence

The small motorboat anchors in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay.

To picture why this happens, imagine that you are driving a motorboat in the ocean.

Built by Iguana Pro, the 32-foot-long vessel is an amphibious motorboat that can pull itself up on beaches and into hiding.

If its creation had resulted in dozens of easily accessed shady picnic groves instead of a bathtub accessible only by expensive motorboats, we might not be having this discussion in the first place.

He laughs that sailing yacht crew who become motorboat crew are known as “going over to the dark side,” because it’s seen as the easier, more plush option compared to the romance and closer-to-the-waves nature of actual sailing.

Also, later today she's due to go for a ride on a jet powered motorboat - and attend a wine tasting.

“My father called us ‘The Lucky Seven,’ and we had a 24-foot motorboat by that name,” says Mark Shriver, the fourth child.

It is not easy for a common man in Africa to afford a motorboat with an 80-horsepower engine.

No answering response came from the motorboat which drove directly toward the sailboat.

The latest emergency caused Mr. Holloway to divert his attention from the motorboat .

That fellow looks like one of the men who were in the motorboat that struck the Holloway sailboat!

More than ever he was convinced that he had not been mistaken in identifying him as the motorboat operator.

Unable to see many feet ahead of them, the boys lost sight of the raft and the motorboat .

British Dictionary definitions for motorboat

/ ( ˈməʊtəˌbəʊt ) /

any boat powered by a motor

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• cabin cruisers
• sportfishermen
• motor sailers

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Synonyms for motorboat ˈmoʊ tərˌboʊt mo·tor·boat, this thesaurus page includes all potential synonyms, words with the same meaning and similar terms for the word motorboat ., princeton's wordnet rate this synonym: 0.0 / 0 votes.

motorboat, powerboat verb

a boat propelled by an internal-combustion engine

Synonyms: powerboat

• motorboat verb

ride in a motorboat

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List of paraphrases for "motorboat":

speedboat , canoe , boat

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You can't bring a motorboat on a lake, but you can bring a canoe. You can't go to a bunch of stores, but you can buy marijuana.

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When we host big public Alcatraz Swims or small private ones, we are planning around the currents, creating detailed safety plans, coordinating with the Coast Guard and providing motorboat and kayak support during the swim, many of our captains and kayakers have supported hundreds of Alcatraz Swims, and that’s important in ensuring the swimmers have a safe and successful experience.

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The definition of motorboat in the dictionary is any boat powered by a motor.

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Definition of motor noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

• An electric motor is used to pump the water.
• Batteries power the motor.
• He started the motor.
• Diesel engines drive six electric motors.
• A powerful motor drives the mill wheel.
• One of the wheels is fitted with an electric motor.
• An electric current drives motors located under the floor.
• She left the motor running.
• Electricity powers hydraulic motors that compress these bales.
• small motors for toys and clocks
• a circular saw with a fan-cooled motor
• The car has a faulty starter motor.
• When you turn the ignition key, the starter motor spins the engine.
• drive something

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