houseboat

[ hous-boht ]

/ ˈhaʊsˌboʊt /

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noun

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

verb (used without object)

to travel or live on a houseboat.

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Origin of houseboat

First recorded in 1780–90; house + boat

OTHER WORDS FROM houseboat

houseboater, noun

Words nearby houseboat

hours, Housatonic, house, house agent, house arrest, houseboat, housebound, houseboy, house brand, housebreak, housebreaker

How to use houseboat in a sentence

For those who enjoy winter camping, the park has houseboat sites and watercraft-accessible frontcountry campsites open year-round.
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Some time later, Giovanditto took D and two other male students for a ride on a houseboat he had rented.
Murder in Celebration, Florida: The Victim’s Secret Life|Barbara Spindel, Maria Elena Fernandez|September 10, 2012|DAILY BEAST
If I have a houseboat I cannot move it without first apprising the river commissioners and having their consent to do so.
Beggars|W. H. (William Henry) Davies
In May of 1898 we started down to Tientsin by houseboat, with our children, for a much-needed rest and change.
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At Luxor began the most enjoyable of all modes of travel—by houseboat.
An Autobiography|Elizabeth Butler
Do you not recall the terrible storm, and how you crashed into my houseboat?
The Motor Boys in the Clouds|Clarence Young
He had left in Wantagh the old scow, dignified by the name of "houseboat" to which was attached the further title of "Red Rover."
The Meadow-Brook Girls Afloat|Janet Aldridge

British Dictionary definitions for houseboat

houseboat

/ (ˈhaʊsˌbəʊt) /

noun

a stationary boat or barge used as a home

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