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boatlift

boatlift noun: the (often clandestine) transportation of a large number of people or amount of goods by boat, especially an exodus of people. Also the alternative form of boat lift.

Noun

boatlift (plural boatlifts)

  1. The (often clandestine) transportation of a large number of people or amount of goods by boat, especially an exodus of people.

Verb

boatlift (third-person singular simple present boatlifts, present participle boatlifting, simple past and past participle boatlifted)

  1. (transitive) To transport (a large exodus of people, etc.) by boat.

Also used as

boatlift is also the alternative form of boat lift.

Forms of boatlift

Noun
pluralboatlifts
Verb
third-person singular presentboatlifts
present participleboatlifting
past participleboatlifted
pastboatlifted

Origin of boatlift

From boat + lift.

Questions about boatlift

What does boatlift mean?
Boatlift means the (often clandestine) transportation of a large number of people or amount of goods by boat, especially an exodus of people.
What part of speech is boatlift?
Boatlift can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of boatlift?
The plural of boatlift is boatlifts.

Words near boatlift in the dictionary

  1. boatlengths
  2. boatless
  3. boatlessness
  4. boatlet
  5. boatlets
  6. boatlift
  7. boatlifted
  8. boatlifting
  9. boatlifts
  10. boatlike
  11. boatlip

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