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S: (n) motorboat, powerboat (a boat propelled by an internal-combustion engine)

S: (n) ark (a boat built by Noah to save his family and animals from the flood)
S: (n) barge, flatboat, hoy, lighter (a flatbottom boat for carrying heavy loads (especially on canals))

S: (n) dredger (a barge (or a vessel resembling a barge) that is used for dredging)
S: (n) houseboat (a barge that is designed and equipped for use as a dwelling)
S: (n) pontoon ((nautical) a floating structure (as a flat-bottomed boat) that serves as a dock or to support a bridge)
S: (n) scow (a barge carrying bulk materials in an open hold)
S: (n) wherry, Norfolk wherry (sailing barge used especially in East Anglia)

S: (n) bumboat (a small boat that ferries supplies and commodities for sale to a larger ship at anchor)
S: (n) canal boat, narrow boat, narrowboat (a long boat that carries freight and is narrow enough to be used in canals)
S: (n) catamaran (a boat with two parallel hulls held together by single deck)
S: (n) ferry, ferryboat (a boat that transports people or vehicles across a body of water and operates on a regular schedule)

S: (n) fireboat (a boat equipped to fight fires on ships or along a waterfront)
S: (n) gondola (long narrow flat-bottomed boat propelled by sculling; traditionally used on canals of Venice)
S: (n) guard boat (a boat that is on guard duty (as in a harbor) around a fleet of warships)
S: (n) gunboat (a small shallow-draft boat carrying mounted guns; used by costal patrols)
S: (n) junk (any of various Chinese boats with a high poop and lugsails)
S: (n) longboat (the largest boat carried by a merchant sailing vessel)
S: (n) lugger (small fishing boat rigged with one or more lugsails)
S: (n) mackinaw, Mackinaw boat (a flat-bottomed boat used on upper Great Lakes)
S: (n) mailboat, mail boat, packet, packet boat (a boat for carrying mail)
S: (n) motorboat, powerboat (a boat propelled by an internal-combustion engine)

S: (n) cabin cruiser, cruiser, pleasure boat, pleasure craft (a large motorboat that has a cabin and plumbing and other conveniences necessary for living on board)
S: (n) launch (a motorboat with an open deck or a half deck)
S: (n) outboard motorboat, outboard (a motorboat with an outboard motor)
S: (n) speedboat (a fast motorboat)

S: (n) hydrofoil, hydroplane (a speedboat that is equipped with winglike structures that lift it so that it skims the water at high speeds) "the museum houses a replica of the jet hydroplane that broke the record"

S: (n) water scooter, sea scooter, scooter (a motorboat resembling a motor scooter)

S: (n) pilot boat (a boat to carry pilots to and from large ships)
S: (n) police boat (a boat used by harbor police)
S: (n) punt (an open flat-bottomed boat used in shallow waters and propelled by a long pole)
S: (n) river boat (a boat used on rivers or to ply a river)

S: (n) keelboat (river boat with a shallow draught and a keel but no sails; used to carry freight; moved by rowing or punting or towing)
S: (n) showboat (a river steamboat on which theatrical performances could be given (especially on the Mississippi River))

S: (n) lifeboat (a strong sea boat designed to rescue people from a sinking ship)
S: (n) whaleboat (a long narrow boat designed for quick turning and use in rough seas)

S: (n) canoe (small and light boat; pointed at both ends; propelled with a paddle)

S: (n) birchbark canoe, birchbark, birch bark (a canoe made with the bark of a birch tree)
S: (n) dugout canoe, dugout, pirogue (a canoe made by hollowing out and shaping a large log)
S: (n) kayak (a small canoe consisting of a light frame made watertight with animal skins; used by Eskimos)
S: (n) outrigger canoe (a seagoing canoe (as in South Pacific) with an outrigger to prevent it from upsetting)

S: (n) cockleshell (a small light flimsy boat)
S: (n) coracle (a small rounded boat made of hides stretched over a wicker frame; still used in some parts of Great Britain)
S: (n) dinghy, dory, rowboat (a small boat of shallow draft with cross thwarts for seats and rowlocks for oars with which it is propelled)

S: (n) rowing boat (a rowboat)
S: (n) wherry (light rowboat for use in racing or for transporting goods and passengers in inland waters and harbors)

S: (n) skiff (any of various small boats propelled by oars or by sails or by a motor)

S: (n) showboat (a river steamboat on which theatrical performances could be given (especially on the Mississippi River))

S: (n) surfboat (a boat that can be launched or landed in heavy surf)
S: (n) tender, ship's boat, pinnace, cutter (a boat for communication between ship and shore)

S: (n) gig (tender that is a light ship's boat; often for personal use of captain)

S: (n) tugboat, tug, towboat, tower (a powerful small boat designed to pull or push larger ships)