houseboat

[ hous-boht ]

noun
  1. a flat-bottomed, bargelike boat fitted for use as a floating dwelling but not for rough water.

verb (used without object)
  1. to travel or live on a houseboat.

Origin of houseboat

1
First recorded in 1780–90; house + boat

Other words from houseboat

  • houseboater, noun

Words Nearby houseboat

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024

How to use houseboat in a sentence

  • Do you not recall the terrible storm, and how you crashed into my houseboat?

  • He had left in Wantagh the old scow, dignified by the name of "houseboat" to which was attached the further title of "Red Rover."

British Dictionary definitions for houseboat

houseboat

/ (ˈhaʊsˌbəʊt) /


noun
  1. a stationary boat or barge used as a home

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012