houseboat
21
2.8
- noun
- /ˈhaʊsˌboʊt/
:
casa flotante
- Sam gets out of his car and starts down the dock toward his houseboat.
But either way, I'm in the houseboat, baby.
- But either way, I'm in the houseboat, baby.
- It's going to be oh man, I'm going to show up at that houseboat and there's a guy that Ben's going to be there.
- So I walk towards the harbour and then I see the see the flag of Libra land just flying over this houseboat.
- And we also said houseboats don't have cursive on the back.
- You're going to hold this fucking your houseboat that you're sleeping on.
Examples
-
And we lived on our lovely houseboat on the Hudson.
-
The storm slammed the houseboat harder than before!
Fiction book (1999) -
We are out here on the houseboat still.
-
How big do you think our houseboat is?
-
Did you ever live on a houseboat in Kashmir?
-
"We've spent a week down here living in that houseboat behind the hotel.
Fiction book (1990) -
We'll go get the files, then take them to my houseboat for safekeeping.
-
Mama wanted the houseboat to look like a giant flower hidden by Spanish moss that grew in the swamp.
Fiction book (1999) -
In the evening, the houseboat rocked easily while frogs sang to it.
Fiction book (1999) -
They spent their summer vacation living on a beautiful houseboat in the lake.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
A small vehicle used on water to carry people, like a rowboat or motorboat
698
3.3
A large boat or ship used for travel on water
36
5.4
A large motorboat with rooms where people live while traveling
4
3.9
A boat or ship that carries people and things on water
2
5.3
A large motorboat with a cabin, toilet and small kitchen for living on board
1
3.4
A boat with a motor and a cabin where people live and relax
How Livable
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Houseboat is made from the simple words house and boat, so imagine a 'house' that floats like a 'boat'. That's why a houseboat is a boat where people live, a home on the water.