bumboat
Meaning of bumboat
noun
a small vessel carrying provisions for sale to moored or anchored ships.
late 17th century: from bum2 + boat. The term originally denoted a scavenger's boat removing ships' refuse, often also bringing produce for sale.
Information about bumboat
- It is a name.
- The plural form of bumboat is: bumboats.
- Languages in which bumboat is used:
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Hyphenation of bumboat
bum-boat
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- bumboat is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
Words that rhyme with bumboat
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