sport boat
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3.1
- noun
- /spɔrt boʊt/
:
lancha deportiva
- During the summer, many families rent a sport boat for fun on the ocean.
Examples
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I'll take the sport boat, you take Baynard, over.
Fiction book (1991) -
We spent the afternoon racing our sport boat across the lake.
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He enjoys water skiing behind his friends' sport boat every weekend.
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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2.4
A small fast boat with a motor used for racing or quick trips
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1.0
A boat that is small and used for short trips on lakes or rivers
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2.7
A small boat with a motor used for moving on lakes and rivers
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3.9
A boat or ship that carries people and things on water
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3.7
A fast boat with a motor used for racing or quick trips
A small wooden boat for rowing or fishing
Antonyms
How Sporty
Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun phrase is compositionally built from 'sport' (indicating sporting/recreational activity) + 'boat' (a small craft), so its meaning — a boat used for sports or recreation — is directly derivable from the constituents. This attributive compound pattern is common cross-linguistically and follows standard English noun modification, making it immediately comprehensible to a B1 learner who knows both words.
Etymology
The compound noun sport boat comes from the simple image of a small, fast boat used for play and racing. With sport meaning 'for fun' and boat meaning the vessel, the name came to mean a small boat made for water sports like skiing and racing.