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outboard motorboat

outboard motorboat

5.0
A boat with a motor attached to the outside at the back
  • noun
  • /ˈaʊtˌbɔrd ˈmɔːrtərˌboʊt/
  • Specialized
translation icon : barco de motor fuera de borda
  • We rented an outboard motorboat to explore the coastline during our vacation.

Examples

  • They spent the afternoon fishing from their outboard motorboat near the harbor.

  • Stephen, let's take the outboard motorboat and pay him a call, welcome to Esperanza and all that sort of thing.

    Pandora and the Flying Dutchman (1951)

  • Since the 1950s, they have used outboard motorboats (Table 3).

    Academic text (1990)

  • There are three outboard motorboats moored to the sandbags.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • The guide showed us how to operate the outboard motorboat safely on the lake.

Synonyms

speedboat
vsoutboard motorboat
27 2.4

A small fast boat with a motor used for racing or quick trips

is identified by an externally mounted engine at the stern rather than speed
motorboat
vsoutboard motorboat
12 2.7

A small boat with a motor used for moving on lakes and rivers

uses an engine mounted outside at the stern rather than internal placement
powerboat
vsoutboard motorboat
4 3.7

A fast boat with a motor used for racing or quick trips

highlights external engine mounting at the stern rather than speed design
outboard
vsoutboard motorboat
  • Specialized
2 4.9

A small boat with a motor on the back that makes it move

is defined by an engine mounted outside at the stern as propulsion

How Big

yacht
130 5.3
outboard motorboat
  • Specialized
5.0
runabout
63 4.1
dinghy
18 4.8

Surface Forms

outboard motorboat singular
outboard motorboats plural

Morphology

outboard + motorboat

The meaning is directly derivable from combining 'outboard' (indicating an externally mounted engine) with 'motorboat' (a boat with a motor); the compound simply specifies the type of motorboat. This is a straightforward, compositional compound found across languages, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will understand it.

Etymology

The name outboard motorboat comes from a simple picture: the motor sits on the outboard of the boat, meaning it is 'outside at the back of the boat'. That's why the term means 'a motorboat powered by an outboard motor'.