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BOAT RACE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does boat race mean?
• BOAT RACE (noun)
The noun BOAT RACE has 1 sense:
1. a race between people rowing or driving boats
Familiarity information: BOAT RACE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A race between people rowing or driving boats
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Hypernyms ("boat race" is a kind of...):
race (a contest of speed)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "boat race"):
sailing-race; yacht race (a race between crews of people in yachts)
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