English > watercraft: 2 senses > noun 2, artifact| Meaning | A craft designed for water transportation / transportation. |
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| Synonym | vessel |
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| Category of | clinch, clench | A small slip noose made with seizing |
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| Instances | Merrimac | An ironclad vessel built by the Confederate forces in the hope of breaking the blockade imposed by the North |
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| Monitor | An ironclad vessel built by Federal forces to do battle with the Merrimac |
| Parts | anchor, ground tackle | A mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving |
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| bilge | Where the sides of the vessel curve in to form the bottom |
| bilge keel | Either of two lengthwise fins attached along the outside of a ship's bilge |
| bow, fore, prow, stem | front part of a vessel or aircraft |
| hull | The frame or body of ship |
| rudder | (nautical) steering mechanism consisting of a hinged vertical plate mounted at the stern of a vessel |
| wale, strake | Thick plank forming a ridge along the side of a wooden ship |
| washboard, splashboard | protective covering consisting of a broad plank along a gunwale to keep water from splashing over the side |
| Narrower | bareboat | A vessel (such as a yacht) that can be chartered / chartered without a captain or crew or provisions / provisions |
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| boat | A small vessel for travel on water |
| fishing boat, fishing smack, fishing vessel | A vessel for fishing |
| galley | (classical antiquity) a crescent-shaped seagoing vessel propelled by oars |
| galley | A large medieval vessel with a single deck propelled by sails and oars with guns at stern and prow |
| iceboat, ice yacht, scooter | A sailing vessel with runners and a cross-shaped frame |
| patrol boat, patrol ship | A vessel assigned to patrol an area |
| sailing vessel, sailing ship | A vessel that is powered by the wind |
| ship | A vessel that carries passengers or freight |
| shrimper | A vessel engaged in shrimping |
| weather ship | An oceangoing vessel equipped to make meteorological observations |
| yacht, racing yacht | An expensive vessel propelled by sail or power and used for cruising or racing |
| Broader | craft | A vehicle designed for navigation in or on water or air or through outer space |
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| Spanish | barco, embarcación, vaso |
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| Catalan | vaixell |
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