watercraft

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US/ˈwɔtɚkɹæft/

noun

Any vessel with implements designed to move it in arbitrary direction through one or various bodies of water: a boat, ship, sea scooter, or similar vehicle.

Less commonScrabble 18

Meanings

nounwatercraft (countable and uncountable, plural watercrafts or watercraft)

plural watercrafts

  1. countableuncountableAny vessel with implements designed to move it in arbitrary direction through one or various bodies of water: a boat, ship, sea scooter, or similar vehicle.
    1 more example

    Thanks to British designer Ross Kemp, the world has been graced with a solar-powered watercraft that costs just a third of the price of your average powered water craft. […] Although only at its second prototype, ASAP has already won an award for Best Startup Business in the UK Lloyds TSB Enterprise Awards and Kemp is thinking about how to expand: “I’d love to be able to offer solar charging stations to local councils so they can charge their watercrafts whenever they need to.”

    2013 August 6, Monique Rivilland, “This ski and surf combo could save your life”, in CNN Business, archived from the original on 18 Feb 2015

    Synonyms: vessel

  2. rareuncountableSkill in boating, swimming, or other water-related sports.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAny vessel with implements designed to move it in arbitrary direction through one or various bodies of water: a boat, ship, sea scooter, or similar vehicle.

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nouna craft designed for water transportation

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Translations

Catalan embarcació
  • embarcacióany self-propelled vessel
Deutch watervaartuig
  • watervaartuigany self-propelled vessel
Estonian veesõiduk
  • veesõidukany self-propelled vessel
Finnish vesikulkuneuvo
  • vesikulkuneuvoany self-propelled vessel
German Wasserfahrzeug
  • Wasserfahrzeugany self-propelled vessel
Greek σκάφος
  • σκάφος (skáfos)any self-propelled vessel
Swedish fartyg
  • fartygany self-propelled vessel
Turkish deniz taşıtı, deniz aracı
  • deniz taşıtıany self-propelled vessel
  • deniz aracıany self-propelled vessel
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Chicago

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