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- [boht-yahrd]
- /ˈboʊtˌyɑrd/
- /ˈbəʊt.jɑːd/
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- [boht-yahrd]
- /ˈboʊtˌyɑrd/
Definitions of boatyard word
- countable noun boatyard A boatyard is a place where boats are built and repaired or kept. 3
- noun boatyard a place where boats are sold, built, repaired, or moored 3
- noun boatyard a yard where boats are built, repaired, or stored 3
- noun boatyard a yard or waterside location at which boats, small craft, and the like are built, maintained, docked, etc. 1
- noun boatyard docking area for boats 1
- noun boatyard shipyard. 0
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Origin of boatyard
First appearance:
before 1795 One of the 43% newest English words
An Americanism dating back to 1795-1805; boat + yard2
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Parts of speech for Boatyard
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
boatyard popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 63% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for boatyard
noun boatyard
- berth — A berth is a bed on a boat, train, or caravan.
- wharf — a structure built on the shore of or projecting into a harbor, stream, etc., so that vessels may be moored alongside to load or unload or to lie at rest; quay; pier.
- quay — Matthew Stanley, 1833–1904, U.S. politician: senator 1887–99, 1901–4.
- harbor — a part of a body of water along the shore deep enough for anchoring a ship and so situated with respect to coastal features, whether natural or artificial, as to provide protection from winds, waves, and currents.
- landing — any part of the earth's surface not covered by a body of water; the part of the earth's surface occupied by continents and islands: Land was sighted from the crow's nest.
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