whaleboat

noun

Definition of whaleboatnext
as in whaler

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Recent Examples of whaleboat When a prime specimen was chosen, the men set off in a whaleboat rowed by a crew. — Nancy Lord, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Nov. 2022 And since each ship carried three to five whaleboats, the amount of rope needed just to conduct whaling operations on one whaleship was as much as ten thousand feet. — Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2025 In Robert Brill’s set, the stage is shaped like a half-pipe with rungs, so that cast members scramble, pitch, tumble, and row flimsy whaleboats over massive waves. — Justin Davidson, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2025 Mitch Brown, 27, and his girlfriend Yanna Xian, 24, were swimming on a whaleboat tour when a baby humpback approached them. — People Staff, PEOPLE.com, 10 Jan. 2022 Setauket whaleboat captain Caleb Brewster, meanwhile, carried messages across Long Island Sound, between Setauket and Connecticut. — Bill Bleyer, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Mar. 2022 On July 20, 1775, Major Joseph Vose and sixty Continental soldiers landed on Little Brewster in nimble whaleboats. — Dorothy Wickenden, The New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2023 One day later, another incident occurred in the evening involving a whaleboat that caught fire and capsized near the province’s Lukolela territory, AP, Al Jazeera and Sky News said, citing Congo’s humanitarian affairs ministry. — Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 13 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for whaleboat
  1. whaler
  2. workboat
  3. ferry
  4. lugger
  5. ferryboat
  6. banker
  7. gondola
  8. seiner
Noun
  • As the early morning breeze tickles the top of the Santa Monica Bay, three scientists pack into a small whaler boat and push out to sea in pursuit of great white sharks.
    — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2026
  • Species include blue sharks, bull sharks, Caribbean reef sharks, bronze whaler sharsk, dusky sharks, hammerheads, tigers and spinner sharks.
    — Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2026
Definition of whaler
Noun
  • However, two workboats were visible, moored alongside the aircraft carrier's bow, suggesting both sides of the bow may have been painted with the hull number.
    — Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Nov. 2025
  • The Italian yard, known for building high-performance steel and aluminium workboats, established Forte Yachts to produce stylish pleasure crafts.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 28 Aug. 2025
Definition of workboat
Noun
  • After strikes on ships and the halt of ferry operations, Russia now depends solely on narrow land and bridge corridors.
    — Marc Santora, New York Times, 4 July 2026
  • While taking the ferry to Liberty Island, Muir spoke to Captain Hamilton Clancy, who grew up in the shadow of the statue as his grandfather used to be the superintendent of Liberty Island.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 July 2026
Definition of ferry
Noun
  • The excess metal goes into roll off boxes or lugger boxes at the customer's factory.
    — Susan Tompor, Freep.com, 3 July 2025
  • One of the luggers offered her the pick of the litter but warned against some old chairs.
    — Jake Offenhartz, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2025
Definition of lugger
Noun
  • But nearly a decade since the first city-run ferryboat set sail, the system has been working to win over skeptics.
    — Julia Press, Bloomberg, 22 May 2026
  • Crofton will be the only living person with a Disney ferryboat named after her.
    — Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 May 2026
Definition of ferryboat
Noun
  • While a number of groups, including Tsai, have invested multiple times in PLL, Rabil said that with each funding round the group typically sought a leading role from a new banker.
    — Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 30 June 2026
  • Aymen Sifour, a banker who lives in Montreal, flew into town with his sister and parents.
    — Chris Dong, Travel + Leisure, 30 June 2026
Definition of banker
Noun
  • On Wednesday, June 17, the Lancaster County park's Sky Ride, an open-air gondola that transports guests across the property, stopped while guests were on board, a park spokesperson said in a statement shared with PEOPLE.
    — Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 18 June 2026
  • Eight days after that, the public, displaying perhaps more hope than sense, packed into the gondolas for the ride of their lives.
    — Tracy Grant, Encyclopedia Britannica, 17 June 2026
Definition of gondola
Noun
  • The ships use purse seiner nets and demersal trawlers, destroying the coral underneath and, consequently, the habitat for fish.
    — Nicole Tung, NPR, 18 Apr. 2026
  • Take a scenic cruise along Harbor Drive, where tuna seiners once tied up.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Oct. 2023
Definition of seiner

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