watercraft
Americannoun
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watercrafts,
plural
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watercraft
plural
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skill in boating and water sports.
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any boat or ship.
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boats and ships collectively.
noun
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a boat or ship or such vessels collectively
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skill in handling boats or in water sports
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of watercraft
Example Sentences
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Docked at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam during the exercises was a small new watercraft designed to move equipment straight to a beach.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 13, 2025
Outside, there are two docks for watercraft of any kind, plus a heated pool, and a gorgeous, water-facing patio.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2025
Otter 841 was born in captivity to a mother who had been captured after spending too much time interacting with people and their watercraft.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2025
Vang forfeited more than $150,000 in cash as part of his sentence, plus 13 cars, four watercraft, jewelry, real estate and other property.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 2025
When the strait was at last flooded around 10,000 years ago, Tasmanians and mainland Australians became cut off from each other because neither group possessed watercraft capable of negotiating Bass Strait.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
Administration attorneys also argued that the concrete anchors holding the buoys in place are a serious threat to watercrafts.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 5, 2023
Mid and East Antrim Council said people would be unable to launch personal watercrafts such as kayaks, canoes and paddleboards from the slipway at Portglenone Marina.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2023
Also on hand: 2,400 vehicles — including “high mobility and high-water” vehicles plus 14 strategically placed helicopters and 23 small watercrafts ready to perform search-and-rescue and reconnaissance missions, the statement said.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 30, 2023
Twichell led in the early laps but fell off the pace as a small armada of motorboats, personal watercrafts and kayaks followed the swimmers around each lap.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2021
Some highlights: DAY 3: Ventura, owner of five waverunners, lambastes legislation--passed last year with overwhelming support--regulating the noisy watercrafts.
From Time Magazine Archive
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