flatboat

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Noun flatboat has 1 sense

barge, flatboat, hoy, lighter - a flatbottom boat for carrying heavy loads (especially on canals)
--₁ is a kind of boat
--₁ has particulars:
dredger; houseboat; pontoon; scow; wherry, Norfolk wherry

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Flatboat

Definition:

A flat-bottomed boat with a rectangular shape, used for transporting goods on rivers and canals.

Examples:

We loaded the cargo onto the flatboat for its journey upriver.
The pioneers used a flatboat to transport their supplies across the Mississippi River.

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