riverboat

riv·er·boat

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [riv-er-boht]
- /ˈrɪv ərˌboʊt/
- /ˈrɪv.ə.bəʊt/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [riv-er-boht]
- /ˈrɪv ərˌboʊt/

Definitions of riverboat word

noun riverboat any shallow-draft boat used on rivers. 1
noun riverboat boat used on a river 1
countable noun riverboat A riverboat is a large boat that carries passengers along a river. 0
noun riverboat a boat that travels on a river 0
noun riverboat a large boat with a flat bottom or shallow draft for use in carrying passengers and cargo on rivers 0

See all 5 definitions of riverboat

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Origin of riverboat

First appearance:

before 1555

One of the 31% oldest English words

First recorded in 1555-65; river1 + boat

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Parts of speech for Riverboat

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Riverboat

riverboat popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 66% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

riverboat usage trend in Literature

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