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Surfboat

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. A strong, seaworthy boat that can be launched or landed in heavy surf.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. Alternative spelling of surf boat.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. A boat intended for use in heavy surf. It is built with a pronounced sheer, and with a view to resist the shock of waves and of contact with the beach.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. A boat of a peculiarly strong and buoyant type, capable of passing safely through surf.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. a boat that can be launched or landed in heavy surf

Word Usage

"The 'surfboat' was about a quarter of a mile offshore 125 miles north of Sydney when the crew, most of who have been volunteer surf lifesavers for just a few months, encountered the shark."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

boat

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