houseboat
US/ˈhaʊsˌboʊt/
houseboat noun: a vessel, such as a barge, used as a dwelling.
Noun
houseboat (plural houseboats)
- A vessel, such as a barge, used as a dwelling.
- Graceful old houses stand by the edge of the Great Ouse and gaze down at the houseboats, skiffs and motor-cruisers that moor there.1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications, page 223, about Hemingford Grey
- Hiro ducks out of Tranny's celebratory dinner rather early, drags Reason off the zodiac and onto the front porch of the houseboat, opens it up and jacks his personal computer into its bios.1992, Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, page 364
houseboat meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Kannada
houseboat in Tamil
- படகு வீடு, வார்த்தைகளுள் ஒன்று
houseboat in Urdu
- بجرا
houseboat in Kannada
- ಓಡಮನೆ
Forms of houseboat
| plural | houseboats |
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Origin of houseboat
From house + boat.
Words formed from houseboat
Questions about houseboat
- What does houseboat mean?
- Houseboat means a vessel, such as a barge, used as a dwelling.
- What is houseboat in Tamil?
- Houseboat in Tamil is படகு வீடு, வார்த்தைகளுள் ஒன்று. See Houseboat meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is houseboat?
- Houseboat is a noun.
- How do you pronounce houseboat?
- Houseboat is pronounced /ˈhaʊsˌboʊt/ (US).
- What is the plural of houseboat?
- The plural of houseboat is houseboats.
Words near houseboat in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: houseboat (page history and authors); houseboat (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); houseboat (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); houseboat (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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