houseboat

English

Etymology

From house +‎ boat.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈhaʊsˌboʊt/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

houseboat (plural houseboats)

1. A vessel, such as a barge, used as a dwelling.
   • 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications, page 223, about Hemingford Grey:

     Graceful old houses stand by the edge of the Great Ouse and gaze down at the houseboats, skiffs and motor-cruisers that moor there.

Translations

vessel

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 房船 (fángchuán), 居住船 (jūzhùchuán)

• Czech: hausbót (cs) m
• Danish: husbåd c
• Dutch: woonboot (nl) c
• Esperanto: domboato
• Finnish: asuntolaiva, asuntoalus, asuntovene
• German: Hausboot (de) n, Wohnboot (de) n
• Turkish: yüzen ev

See also

• boathouse

Anagrams

• boathouse