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Definition: Towboat |
TowboatNoun1. A powerful small boat designed to pull or push larger ships. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "towboat" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1883. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Transportation | Vessel primarily designed for towing other craft. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
A towboat is a boat designed for pushing barges. Towboats are characterized by a square bow with steel knees for pushing and powerful engines. They are most often seen on inland waterways where they can push up to fifteen large barges lashed together into a tow. Towboats that travel long distances include living quarters for the crew.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Towboat."
Synonyms: TowboatSynonyms: tower (n), tug (n), tugboat (n). (additional references) |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Gallipolis, Ohio. Towboat type ferry. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | A towboat on the Ohio River. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Institute (vicinity), West Virginia. The towboat keystone on the Kanawha River. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Towboat Katherine Davis. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Towboat Arthur Hider tied up at Point Pleasant, West Virginia. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Towboat George M. Verity. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
towboat | 24 |
towboat us | 7 |
picture towboat | 5 |
company towboat | 4 |
job towboat | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "towboat"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | slaebebaad (push boat, push tug, pusher, pusher craft, push-tow craft, push-tow tug, push-tug, tugboat), skubbebaad (push boat, push tug, pusher, pusher craft, push-tow craft, push-tow tug, push-tug), bugserbaad (barge, tow boat, tugboat). (various references) | |
Dutch | sleepboot (tug, tugboat), duwboot (push boat, push tug, pusher, pusher craft, push-tow craft, push-tow tug, push-tug). (various references) | |
French | remorqueur, pousseur, engin pousseur. (various references) | |
German | Stossschiff (push boat, push tug, pusher, pusher craft, push-tow craft, push-tow tug, push-tug), Schubboot (push boat, push tug, pusher, pusher craft, push-tow craft, push-tow tug, push-tug), Schlepper (hauler, haulers, tout, tractor, tug, tugboat). (various references) | |
Greek | ρυμουλκό ώθησης (push boat, push tug, pusher, pusher craft, push-tow craft, push-tow tug, push-tug), ρυμουλκό (tug), σκάφος ωθητήρας (push boat, push tug, pusher, pusher craft, push-tow craft, push-tow tug, push-tug). (various references) | |
Italian | rimorchiatore a traino (tugboat), rimorchiatore a spinta (push boat, push tug, pusher, pusher craft, push-tow craft, push-tow tug, push-tug), rimorchiatore (hauler, tug, tugboat). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | owboattay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | rebocador (plasterer, tug, tugboat). (various references) | |
Romanian | remorcher (tug, tug-boat). (various references) | |
Russian | буксир (tow, tow rope, towbar, tow-boat, towing line, towing rope, towline, tow-line, towrope, tracker, tug, tugboat, tugger). (various references) | |
Spanish | remolcador de empuje (push boat, push tug, pusher, pusher craft, push-tow craft, push-tow tug, push-tug), remolcador (tug, tugboat), empujador (cage-loading ram, plunger, push boat, push tug, pusher, pusher craft, pushing ram, push-tow craft, push-tow tug, push-tug, spotting ram, ware pusher). (various references) | |
Swedish | bogserbåt (tug, tugboat). (various references) | |
Turkish | römorkör (tug, tugboat), şilep (cargo boat, freighter). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "towboat": towboats. (additional references) | |
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"Towboat" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: togboat, tolbiac, towboot. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "towboat" (pronounced tō"bō't) |
| 4 | -ō" b ō' t | rowboat, Showboat. |
| 3 | -b ō' t | ferryboat, flatboat, gunboat, houseboat, lifeboat, motorboat, powerboat, riverboat, sailboat, speedboat, steamboat, tugboat. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-o-o-t-t-w" | |
-2 letters: taboo. | |
-3 letters: batt, boat, boot, bota, bott, otto, toot, watt. | |
-4 letters: abo, att, bat, boa, boo, bot, bow, oat, oot, tab, tao, tat, taw, too, tot, tow, twa, two, wab, wat, woo, wot. | |
-5 letters: ab, at, aw, ba, bo, ow, ta, to, wo. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-o-o-t-t-w" | |
+1 letter: towboats. | |
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