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vaporetto
[ vap-uh-ret-oh; Italian vah-paw-ret-taw ]
/ ˌvæp əˈrɛt oʊ; Italian ˌvɑ pɔˈrɛt tɔ /
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noun, plural va·po·ret·tos, Italian va·po·ret·ti [vah-paw-ret-tee]. /ˌvɑ pɔˈrɛt ti/.
a motorboat used as a passenger bus along a canal in Venice, Italy.
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Origin of vaporetto
Words nearby vaporetto
Vaphio, vapid, vapor, vapor barrier, vaporescence, vaporetto, vaporific, vaporimeter, vaporing, vaporish, vaporization
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How to use vaporetto in a sentence
He steered her to the little tram, and at the landing found her a shady place on the vaporetto.
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British Dictionary definitions for vaporetto
vaporetto
/ (ˌveɪpəˈrɛtəʊ, Italian vapoˈrɛtto) /
noun plural -ti (-tɪ, Italian -ti) or -tos
a steam-powered passenger boat, as used on the canals in Venice
Word Origin for vaporetto
Italian, from vapore a steamboat
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