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gasboat

gasboat noun: a boat designed to pump gas into a burning ship to extinguish the flames.

Noun

gasboat (plural gasboats)

  1. (historical) A boat designed to pump gas into a burning ship to extinguish the flames.

Forms of gasboat

pluralgasboats

Origin of gasboat

gas + boat

Questions about gasboat

What does gasboat mean?
Gasboat means a boat designed to pump gas into a burning ship to extinguish the flames.
What part of speech is gasboat?
Gasboat is a noun.
What is the plural of gasboat?
The plural of gasboat is gasboats.

Words near gasboat in the dictionary

  1. gasbags
  2. Gasbarian
  3. Gasbarro
  4. Gasbarros
  5. Gasbaryan
  6. gasboat
  7. gasboats
  8. Gasca
  9. Gascas
  10. gascheck
  11. gaschecks

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