boathouse

English

Etymology

From boat +‎ house.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈboʊtˌhaʊs/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: (US) -oʊthaʊs

Noun

boathouse (plural boathouses)

1. A building at the edge of a river, lake or other body of water in which boats are kept.
   • 1942, Emily Carr, “Regatta”, in The Book of Small, Toronto, Ont.: Oxford University Press, →OCLC:

     […] many people living along the harbour front had boathouses and boats of their own, for regattas and water sports were one of Victoria's chief attractions.

Hypernyms

• house

Derived terms

• boathouse rum
• boathouse rummy

 

Translations

building for boats

• Danish: bådehus n, bådeskur n, naust n
• Esperanto: boatejo
• Faroese: neyst n
• Finnish: venevaja (fi)
• German: Bootshalle (de) f, Bootshaus (de) n, Bootsschuppen (de) m
• Hebrew: בֵּית סִירוֹת (he) m (bet sirót)
• Hungarian: csónakház (hu)
• Ingrian: rantasaraja
• Maori: wharau, wharau waka, wharewaka
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: naust n, båthus n, båtskur n

  Nynorsk: båthus n, naust

• Old Norse: naust n
• Swedish: båthus (sv) n

Anagrams

• houseboat