skinoe
/ˈskiˌnuː/
skinoe noun: a small boat that is a cross between a jetski and a canoe.
Noun
skinoe (plural skinoes)
- A small boat that is a cross between a jetski and a canoe.
- In skinoe (ski + canoe), the word canoe functions as the semantic head, since skinoe is a type of canoe.2005 November 24, Keith Brown, Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics, 2 edition, volumes 1-14, Elsevier, →ISBN
- For example, a dogbrella ‘an umbrella for a dog’ is a type of umbrella or a skinoe (based on ski and canoe) is a type of canoe. It is worth noting that some adjectives may also belong to this category, e.g. funtastic (fun + fantastic) ‘very enjoyable’.2015 October 28, Ewa Wałaszewska, “Chapter Six”, in Relevance-Theoretic Lexical Pragmatics: Theory and Applications, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, →ISBN, page 187
Forms of skinoe
| plural | skinoes |
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Origin of skinoe
Blend of ski + canoe.
Words that rhyme with skinoe
Questions about skinoe
- What does skinoe mean?
- Skinoe means a small boat that is a cross between a jetski and a canoe.
- What part of speech is skinoe?
- Skinoe is a noun.
- How do you pronounce skinoe?
- Skinoe is pronounced /ˈskiˌnuː/.
- What is the plural of skinoe?
- The plural of skinoe is skinoes.
Words near skinoe in the dictionary
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