HyperDic: tugboat

English > 1 sense of the word *tugboat*:
NOUN	artifact	tugboat, tug, towboat, tower	a powerful small boat designed to pull or push larger / larger ships

tugboat > pronunciation
Sounds	tah'gbow.t
Rhymes	afloat ... zygote: 61 rhymes with owt...

English > *tugboat*: 1 sense > noun 1, artifact
Meaning	A powerful small boat designed to pull or push larger / larger ships.
Synonyms	tug, towboat, tower
Parts	helm	steering mechanism for a vessel
Broader	boat	A small vessel for travel on water
Spanish	remolcador
Catalan	remolcador d'empenta, remolcador