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houseboating

houseboating noun: the practice of living or travelling in a houseboat.

Noun

houseboating (uncountable)

  1. The practice of living or travelling in a houseboat.
    • The sprawling blue lake in B.C.'s North Okanagan region is the houseboating capital of Canada.2009 July 25, Jeremy Ferguson, “Whiling away the days on a voyage of discovery”, in Toronto Star

Origin of houseboating

From houseboat + -ing.

Questions about houseboating

What does houseboating mean?
Houseboating means the practice of living or travelling in a houseboat.
What part of speech is houseboating?
Houseboating is a noun.

Words near houseboating in the dictionary

  1. houseblock
  2. houseblocks
  3. houseboat
  4. houseboater
  5. houseboaters
  6. houseboating
  7. houseboats
  8. housebodies
  9. housebody
  10. houseboi
  11. housebois

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