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pap boat

pap boat noun: a kind of sauceboat or dish.

Noun

pap boat (plural pap boats)

  1. (historical) A kind of sauceboat or dish.
  2. (historical) A boat-shaped receptacle for baby food.
    • “I have a vast inclination to get a pap-boat myself, and make him a present of it.”1782, Frances Burney, Cecilia, III.vi.10
  3. (obsolete) A large spiral East Indian marine shell (Turbinella rapa), once used by native priests to hold the oil for anointing.

Forms of pap boat

pluralpap boats

Origin of pap boat

From pap + boat.

Questions about pap boat

What does pap boat mean?
Pap boat means a kind of sauceboat or dish.
What part of speech is pap boat?
Pap boat is a noun.
What is the plural of pap boat?
The plural of pap boat is pap boats.

Words near pap boat in the dictionary

  1. paopaos
  2. PAOs
  3. Paoting
  4. Paotow
  5. pap
  6. pap boat
  7. pap boats
  8. pap smear
  9. pap smears
  10. pap test
  11. pap tests

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