BOATHOUSE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does boathouse mean? 

• BOATHOUSE (noun)
  The noun BOATHOUSE has 1 sense:

1. a shed at the edge of a river or lake; used to store boats

  Familiarity information: BOATHOUSE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BOATHOUSE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A shed at the edge of a river or lake; used to store boats

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("boathouse" is a kind of...):

shed (an outbuilding with a single story; used for shelter or storage)

 Context examples 

We were all to meet in the old boathouse that night.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Taking the shortest way to the boathouse, he waited for them to appear, but no one came, and he went up the hill to take an observation.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)