"houseboat" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈhaʊsˌboʊt/ [US] Forms: houseboats [plural]
Etymology: house + boat Etymology templates: {{compound|en|house|boat}} house + boat Head templates: {{en-noun}} houseboat (plural houseboats)
  1. A vessel, such as a barge, used as a dwelling. Wikipedia link: houseboat Categories (topical): Housing, Watercraft Related terms: boathouse Translations (vessel): 房船 (fángchuán) (Chinese Mandarin), 居住船 (jūzhùchuán) (Chinese Mandarin), hausbót [masculine] (Czech), husbåd [common-gender] (Danish), woonboot [common-gender] (Dutch), domboato (Esperanto), asuntolaiva (Finnish), asuntoalus (Finnish), asuntovene (Finnish), Hausboot [neuter] (German), Wohnboot [neuter] (German)

Inflected forms

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