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mailboat

mailboat noun: a boat used to transport mail.

Noun

mailboat (plural mailboats)

  1. A boat used to transport mail.
    • Stephen stood up and went over to the parapet. Leaning on it he looked down on the water and on the mailboat clearing the harbourmouth of Kingstown.1922 February 2, James Joyce, Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC
    • […] the news and propaganda in imperialistic papers imported once a month by the mail-boat from the South lacked power because it lacked continuity and was stale.1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter VIII, in Capricornia, New York: D. Appleton-Century, published 1943, page 120
    Synonyms:
    mailship

Synonyms of mailboat

Forms of mailboat

pluralmailboats

Origin of mailboat

From mail + boat.

Questions about mailboat

What does mailboat mean?
Mailboat means a boat used to transport mail.
What part of speech is mailboat?
Mailboat is a noun.
What is the plural of mailboat?
The plural of mailboat is mailboats.

Words near mailboat in the dictionary

  1. mailaddrs
  2. mailbag
  3. mailbags
  4. mailbase
  5. mailbases
  6. mailboat
  7. mailboats
  8. mailbomb
  9. mailbombed
  10. mailbombing
  11. mailbombs

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