Tugboat

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A small powerful boat designed for towing or pushing larger vessels. Also called towboat.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A small, powerful boat used to push or pull barges or to help maneuver larger vessels.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. See tug, n., 3.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A strongly built steamboat used for towing sailing and other vessels; a towboat; a tug.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a powerful small boat designed to pull or push larger ships
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    boat   
    Cross Reference
    towboat   
    Variant
    tug   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    tug   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    towboat    steam-tug    warranter    small craft    dumbbell-shaped    manner    counter-    longliner    blunt-nosed    sailing-ship   
     
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