WATERCRAFT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does watercraft mean? 

• WATERCRAFT (noun)
  The noun WATERCRAFT has 2 senses:

1. skill in the management of boats

2. a craft designed for water transportation

  Familiarity information: WATERCRAFT used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WATERCRAFT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Skill in the management of boats

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

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

craft; craftsmanship; workmanship (skill in an occupation or trade)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A craft designed for water transportation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

vessel; watercraft

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

craft (a vehicle designed for navigation in or on water or air or through outer space)

Meronyms (parts of "watercraft"):

hull (the frame or body of ship)

rudder ((nautical) steering mechanism consisting of a hinged vertical plate mounted at the stern of a vessel)

bow; fore; prow; stem (front part of a vessel or aircraft)

bilge keel (either of two lengthwise fins attached along the outside of a ship's bilge; reduces rolling)

strake; wale (thick plank forming a ridge along the side of a wooden ship)

splashboard; washboard (protective covering consisting of a broad plank along a gunwale to keep water from splashing over the side)

bilge (where the sides of the vessel curve in to form the bottom)

anchor; ground tackle (a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving)

Domain member category:

clench; clinch (a small slip noose made with seizing)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "watercraft"):

bareboat (a vessel (such as a yacht) that can be chartered without a captain or crew or provisions)

boat (a small vessel for travel on water)

fishing boat; fishing smack; fishing vessel (a vessel for fishing; often has a well to keep the catch alive)

galley ((classical antiquity) a crescent-shaped seagoing vessel propelled by oars)

galley (a large medieval vessel with a single deck propelled by sails and oars with guns at stern and prow; a complement of 1,000 men; used mainly in the Mediterranean for war and trading)

ice yacht; iceboat; scooter (a sailing vessel with runners and a cross-shaped frame; suitable for traveling over ice)

patrol boat; patrol ship (a vessel assigned to patrol an area)

sailing ship; sailing vessel (a vessel that is powered by the wind; often having several masts)

ship (a vessel that carries passengers or freight)

shrimper (a vessel engaged in shrimping)

weather ship (an oceangoing vessel equipped to make meteorological observations)

racing yacht; yacht (an expensive vessel propelled by sail or power and used for cruising or racing)

Instance hyponyms:

Merrimac (an ironclad vessel built by the Confederate forces in the hope of breaking the blockade imposed by the North)

Monitor (an ironclad vessel built by Federal forces to do battle with the Merrimac)