wherry

noun

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as in scow

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  1. scow
  2. shallop
  3. canoe
  4. skiff
  5. coracle
  6. sampan
  7. dinghy
  8. rowboat
Noun
  • That material will then be suctioned up along with seawater and loaded onto large barges, known as scows, which carry a slurry of sediment, rocks and debris.
    — Teresa Tomassoni, Sun Sentinel, 18 Jan. 2026
  • The family friends promised to help Wade find work at a seafood processing plant or on a fish-buying scow.
    — Bjorn Dihle, Outdoor Life, 4 Sep. 2025
Definition of scow
Noun
  • The seven-foot canvas features only two figures, who stand in a green shallop like Adam and Eve.
    — Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 4 May 2022
  • And so had the shallop, built in Massachusetts in 1957 at the Plymouth Marine Railway.
    — Brian MacQuarrie, BostonGlobe.com, 23 June 2019
Definition of shallop
Noun
  • Māori mythology locates Karikari as the location where the first canoes landed in New Zealand.
    — Nielsen Dinwoodie, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026
  • But Hearn took his whitewater canoe straight into the raging rapids, where officers later swooped in and arrested him.
    — Jasmine Baehr , Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 2 July 2026
Definition of canoe
Noun
  • Flores and Álvarez, on one of the skiffs, were floating approximately fifteen nautical miles east of the Fiorella.
    — Will Freeman, New Yorker, 30 June 2026
  • The three male crabs are hauled into our polar skiff; the last goes back into the sea to produce the next generation.
    — The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 May 2026
Definition of skiff
Noun
  • Pedal your way around the various monuments and heritage sites, and as dusk falls, load your bike into a coracle to cross the Tungabhadra River.
    — Condé Nast Traveller, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Mar. 2025
  • The Irish claim centers on St Brendan, who in the sixth century is said to have sailed to America in his coracle.
    — Gordon Campbell, Time, 29 June 2021
Definition of coracle
Noun
  • It’s crowded with houseboats, fishing vessels, roving vendors in sampans, and multi-story floating restaurants that drew tourists until the COVID-19 pandemic forced them to shutter.
    — H.M.A. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 6 June 2025
  • Hong Kong: Hong Kong Harbor, one of the world’s most scenic, rewards passengers with vistas of skyscrapers, mountains, ferries and sampans.
    — Georgina Cruz, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
Definition of sampan
Noun
  • The drugs were thought to have been brought over by dinghy from Anzio on the mainland, police said.
    — Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Money, 24 June 2026
  • His anti-immigration message has shifted from focusing on Polish plumbers to asylum seekers in dinghies.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 23 June 2026
Definition of dinghy
Noun
  • On Friday, June 19, authorities said in a release that the Royal New Zealand Air Force's (RNZAF) P-8A Poseidon crew found the man in his 13-foot aluminum rowboat that morning.
    — Gabrielle Rockson, PEOPLE, 19 June 2026
  • Even a rowboat can become garden gold with a little imagination.
    — Marisa Suzanne Martin, The Spruce, 6 May 2026
Definition of rowboat
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“Wherry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wherry. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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