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workboat

American  
[wurk-boht] / ˈwɜrkˌboʊt /

noun

  1. a boat used for work or trade rather than sport, public transportation, or military purposes.


Etymology

Origin of workboat

First recorded in 1935–40; work + boat

Example Sentences

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Teaming up with Diversified Marine allows Arc to launch its new workboat in collaboration with several entities that do business at the port, Lee said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2025

As well as an enlarged slipway and areas where companies can build and store devices and components, developers have also created new workboat pontoons, office and workshop facilities.

From BBC • Aug. 20, 2024

There were few workboat jobs in the region after he earned his degree and license in 2009 at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 4, 2022

Murphy first started crabbing when he was a boy himself; he had his own 30-foot workboat when he was 13.

From Washington Post

We pulled out five bushels of brown razor clams, dumped them in our baskets, and carried them down to the workboat.

From "Red Kayak" by Priscilla Cummings

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