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SPEEDBOAT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does speedboat mean?
• SPEEDBOAT (noun)
The noun SPEEDBOAT has 1 sense:
1. a fast motorboat
Familiarity information: SPEEDBOAT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A fast motorboat
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("speedboat" is a kind of...):
motorboat; powerboat (a boat propelled by an internal-combustion engine)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "speedboat"):
hydrofoil; hydroplane (a speedboat that is equipped with winglike structures that lift it so that it skims the water at high speeds)
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