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boathouse

boathouse

23 2.7
A small building by a river or lake where people keep boats
  • noun
  • /ˈboʊthaʊs/
translation icon : cobertizo para embarcaciones
  • She opened the door to the boathouse and smiled at the sight of the colorful kayaks inside.
  • boathouse dock
  • an old boathouse
  • the roof of the boathouse

So between those two, you have this amazing network of the boathouse and your teammates, but you do get locked in to these paths.

Examples

  • Along the shoreline, there were a couple of docks, a boathouse, and a few benches.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • Vikki and Patti are down by the boathouse, knee-deep in water.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • Let me take him to the boathouse, all right.

  • Henry, in the distance, looks quickly at the boathouse, then to Frank.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • I just ran the rest of the way out of the boathouse.

  • Actually, the boathouse is empty.

  • At the edge of the lake, there is a dock and boathouse.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • The boat moves slowly away from the boathouse, parallel to the dock.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • The Victorian-style boathouse had been part of a riverfront estate.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • Isabel stared out the car window at the lighted boathouses on the opposite shore.

    Fiction book (1998)

Synonyms

shed
vsboathouse
159 1.0

A small simple building in a garden for storing tools

is located by water and used specifically for storing boats
boatyard
vsboathouse
6 4.1

A place where people build, fix, or store boats

is a small building by water mainly for storing boats

How Big

marina
70 3.7
boatyard
6 4.1
boathouse
23 2.7

Surface Forms

boathouse singular
boathouses plural

Morphology

boathouse = boat + house (transparent) = boat + house

The meaning is directly the combination of 'boat' + 'house' (a building for storing/keeping boats), which is easily inferable from the components.

Etymology

Boathouse is simply made of boat and house, so it literally means a 'house' for boats by the water where you store and protect them.