houseboat
houseboat
Definition
house·boat (ho̵us′bōt′)
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.
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