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gas boat

gas boat noun: a boat powered by a petrol engine.

Noun

gas boat (plural gas boats)

  1. (Canada, US) A boat powered by a petrol engine.
    • Round noon the gas boat’s impudent sputter ticked out across the wide face of the Naas River.1941, Emily Carr, chapter 9, in Klee Wyck

Forms of gas boat

pluralgas boats

Origin of gas boat

From gas + boat.

Questions about gas boat

What does gas boat mean?
Gas boat means a boat powered by a petrol engine.
What part of speech is gas boat?
Gas boat is a noun.
What is the plural of gas boat?
The plural of gas boat is gas boats.

Words near gas boat in the dictionary

  1. gas balloons
  2. gas bar
  3. gas bars
  4. gas bladder
  5. gas bladders
  6. gas boat
  7. gas boats
  8. gas bottle
  9. gas bottles
  10. gas bracket
  11. gas brackets

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