Boat Definition–noun | 1. | a vessel for transport by water, constructed to provide buoyancy by excluding water and shaped to give stability and permit propulsion. | | 2. | a small ship, generally for specialized use: a fishing boat. | | 3. | a small vessel carried for use by a large one, as a lifeboat: They lowered the boats for evacuation. | | 5. | a vessel of any size built for navigation on a river or other inland body of water. | | 6. | a serving dish resembling a boat: a gravy boat; a celery boat. | | 7. | Ecclesiastical. a container for holding incense before it is placed in the censer. | –verb (used without object) | 8. | to go in a boat: We boated down the Thames. | –verb (used with object) | 9. | to transport in a boat: They boated us across the bay. | | 10. | to remove (an oar) fr
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om the water and place athwartships. Compare ship (def. 8). | —Idioms | 11. | in the same boat, in the same circumstances; faced with the same problems: The new recruits were all in the same boat. | | 12. | miss the boat, Informal. | a. | to fail to take advantage of an opportunity: He missed the boat when he applied too late to get into college. | | b. | to miss the point of; fail to understand: I missed the boat on that explanation. | | | 13. | rock the boat. rock 2 (def. 15). | |
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Accessory Definition–noun | 1. | a subordinate or supplementary part, object, or the like, used mainly for convenience, attractiveness, safety, etc., as a spotlight on an automobile or a lens cover on a camera. | | 2. | an article or set of articles of dress, as gloves, earrings, or a scarf, that adds completeness, convenience, attractiveness, etc., to one's basic outfit. | | 3. | Law. | a. | Also called accessory before the fact. a person who, though not present during the commission of a felony, is guilty of having aided and abetted another, who committed the felony. | | b. | Also called accessory after the fact. a person who knowingly conceals or assists another who has committed a felony. Compare principal (def. 9b). | | –adjective | 5. | contributing to a general effect; supplementary; subsidiary. | | 6. | Law. giving aid as an accessory. | | 7. | Petrography. (of a mineral) being present in small amounts in a rock and having no bearing on the classification of the rock, as zircon in granite. | |
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