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houseboat Definition

house·boat (ho̵usbōt′)

noun

a large, flat-bottomed boat with a superstructure resembling a house, usually moored and used as a residence

houseboat Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • moor: Steve built the sign from scrap materials found either lurking in his houseboat moored on the River Severn or from the Lydney scrap yard.
  • rent: I currently live in Bexley, but would like to rent a houseboat as a prelude to buying one.
  • have: She still has a houseboat in the city which she was planning to sell.
  • hire: Hire a houseboat on the Solent and run your business from there.
  • sell: She does not over reach herself by trying to sell the houseboat, she is limited in what she can realistically achieve.
  • keep: So keeping the houseboat is a way of forcing things, while there is too little, which is not a good idea.

Preposition: on

  • side: Popular with sailors, having a small harbor lined with houseboats on the one side and a succession of yachts coming and going.
  • mooring: Perfectly proportioned houseboat on a residential mooring in the heart of Docklands.

Adjective modifier

  • private: At Tulcea we'll board our private houseboat in time for dinner, with an evening cruise toward the heart of the Delta.
  • static: A further slide gives a useful definition of types of residential situations, from continuous cruisers to living on static houseboats.
  • traditional: Sample tranquil Kerala's famous backwaters, explored from the deck of a traditional houseboat.
  • purpose-built: Example 1 A couple lives in a purpose-built houseboat comprising a timber-clad building on a pontoon.
  • own: You can hire your own houseboat and chug along at a gentle pace from Toulouse to Carcassonne, some 60 miles away.

Modifies a noun

  • owner: Stubbornly, houseboat owners battle not only with the elements but with landlords and the authorities to win security of tenure at their moorings.
  • cruise: Hindu temples & culture Kerala houseboat cruise Fine vegetarian cuisine Fascinating journey through Indias mystical deep south.
  • rental: Offering discounts on everything from whitewater rafting to houseboat rentals, rock climbing to fishing lodge rentals.
  • eviction: Our houseboat eviction was not funny, kind or clever.
  • holiday: Plan your own private tour. more info Canal Barge PR4 Rent unused Narrowboat and Houseboat Timeshare holidays at Barton Turns Marina.
  • call: The number of big houseboat call inc contains statements quot does segregation.

Noun used with modifier

  • luxury: The architects like to think of their creations as the first luxury houseboats to rent in Europe and it's easy to understand why.