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Definition: Bumboat |
BumboatNoun1. A small boat that ferries supplies and commodities for sale to a larger ship at anchor. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "bumboat" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1883. (references) |
Etymology: Bumboat \Bum"boat`\, noun. [From bum the buttocks, on account of its clumsy form; or from Dutch bun box for holding fish in boat.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Mining | A small boat equipped with a hoist and used for handling dredge lines andanchors. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: Bumboat |
| English words defined with "bumboat": Bumbarge. (references) |
| "Bumboat" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Bumboat" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 2 | 245,945 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "bumboat"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | proviantbaad (victualler, victualling boat). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | bevoorradingsbootje (victualler, victualling boat), winkelboot (victualler, victualling boat), proviandbootje (victualler, victualling boat), parlevinker (victualler, victualling boat), leurbootje (victualler, victualling boat). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | bateau ravitailleur, vedette de ravitaillement, vedette provisions. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | proviantboot (victualler, victualling boat). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | άκατος ανεφοδιασμού (victualler, victualling boat). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Manx | bum-baatey, baatey dellal. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | umboatbay barco de aprovisionamiento. (various references) шлюпка (boat). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "bumboat": bumboats. (additional references) | |
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"Bumboat" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Biumba, Bombola, Bumbach, bumbag, Bvumbras, eumobate, Mboumbou, unboat. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-b-m-o-t-u" | |
-2 letters: abbot, about. | |
-3 letters: abut, ambo, atom, auto, babu, boat, bomb, bota, bout, bubo, maut, moat, tabu, tomb, tuba, umbo. | |
-4 letters: abo, amu, bam, bat, boa, bob, bot, bub, bum, but, mat, moa, mob, mot, mut, oat, out, tab, tam, tao, tau, tom, tub, uta. | |
-5 letters: ab, am, at, ba, bo, ma, mo, mu, om. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-b-m-o-t-u" | |
+1 letter: bumboats. | |
+5 letters: blabbermouth. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 75 6D 62 6F 61 74 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-... ..- -- -... --- .- - |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01110101 01101101 01100010 01101111 01100001 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B u m b o a t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0075 006D 0062 006F 0061 0074 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)36877968816786 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Danish | ordbog, deskriptordefinition, oversættelse | danois, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, Danvargish, Danvargagh, danés, датський, датська мова |
Dutch | woordenboek, definitie, translatie | hollandsk, néerlandais, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, Ollanish, Germaanish, holandés, голландська мова, голландський |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, Ny Frangee, Mooinjey ny Frank, francés, французька мова, французький |
German | wörterbuch, Übersetzung | tysker, Duitse, allemand, deutsch, Deutsche, "ερμανός, Germaanish, Germaanagh, Garmane, Carmane, alemán, німкеня, німецький, німець |
Greek | λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση | græker, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, Greagish, Greagagh, griego, грецький, гречанка, грецька мова |
Manx | fockleyr, geyrid, meenaghey, keeayllaght, baght | manx, Manninish, Manninagh, Gaelgagh, Yn Ghaelg, los habitantes de la isla de man, lengua de la isla de man, de la isla de man, менський, менський діалект |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | Spaans, espagnol, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, Spaainish, Spaainagh, español, іспанський, іспанська мова |
Ukranian | словник, довідник, чіткість, тлумачення, виразність, визначення, дефініція, ясність, чітка чутність, процес перекладу, переклад, пояснення, переміщення | |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, Sostynagh, Sostnagh, Baarlagh, inglés, англійський, англійці, англійська мова |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage Frequency | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Derivations 7. Anagrams 8. Orthography | 9. Bibliography |
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