boat

A vehicle, usually smaller than a ship, used to travel on water.

• We crossed the lake by boat.
• Three boats were tied to the dock.
• Can you row this boat to the shore?

Similar words: craft, vessel

Common phrases: fishing boat, row a boat, boat trip

A low container with a handle and pouring edge, used to serve sauce.

• Pass me the gravy boat.
• She poured sauce from a small boat.
• We bought two matching gravy boats for dinner parties.

Similar words: sauce jug

Common phrases: gravy boat, sauce boat, silver boat

A small container that holds incense before it is burned during a religious service.

• The priest opened the incense boat.
• A small spoon rested inside the boat.
• The church keeps its silver incense boat near the altar.

Similar words: navicula

Common phrases: incense boat, silver incense boat, liturgical boat

To travel on water in a small vessel.

• We boated across the lake.
• They boat along the river every summer.
• Have you ever boated around these islands?

How to use it: boat across something (We boated across the bay before sunset.); boat down something (They boated down the river to the village.)

Common phrases: boat across something, boat down something, boat on something