sea boat
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3.1
- noun
:
barco de mar
- Many sailors prefer this brand because their sea boats are known for their durability and stability.
Examples
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After years of designing, she finally launched her new sea boat, built for long ocean voyages.
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The fisherman trusted his sea boat to carry him safely through the waves during the storm.
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She was a fine sea boat.
Synonyms
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1.0
A small vehicle used on water to carry people, like a rowboat or motorboat
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3.3
A large boat or ship used for travel on water
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3.9
A boat or ship that carries people and things on water
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a boat for the open sea' is directly and compositionally derived from combining 'sea' (open saltwater) with 'boat' (a small craft); this is a regular noun compound denoting function/location rather than an idiom. Such transparent compounding is cross-linguistically common and contains no metaphorical shift, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Sea boat comes from the simple picture of a sea and a boat: a sturdy boat built to face big waves and storms, not small river craft. So the name came to mean 'a boat able to operate safely on the open sea'.