Houseboat

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  • noun. A barge designed and equipped for use as a dwelling.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A boat fitted up as a house, and commonly more or less resembling one in form and arrangements, for permanent or temporary habitation.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. a barge that is designed and equipped for use as a dwelling.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. a vessel, such as a barge, used as a dwelling
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a barge that is designed and equipped for use as a dwelling
  • Word Usage
    "Lodging on a houseboat is a storied tradition in Kashmir, dating back to the mid-19th century, at the height of the British Raj."
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    boathouse  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    barge  flatboat  hoy  lighter  
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