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Of or pertaining to a pleasure boat or pleasure boats.
Last year some 28 million Americans spent more than $1.25 billion on a U.S. pleasure-boat fleet of more than 6,000,000.
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pleasure boat — pleasure boats N COUNT A pleasure boat is a large boat which takes people for trips on rivers, lakes, or on the sea for pleasure … English dictionary
pleasure boat — pleasure .boat also pleasure .craft n a boat that someone uses for fun rather than for business … Dictionary of contemporary English
pleasure boat — noun a large motorboat that has a cabin and plumbing and other conveniences necessary for living on board • Syn: ↑cabin cruiser, ↑cruiser, ↑pleasure craft • Derivationally related forms: ↑cruise (for: ↑cruiser) … Useful english dictionary
pleasure boat — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms pleasure boat : singular pleasure boat plural pleasure boats a large boat used for taking people on short journeys on lakes or rivers … English dictionary
pleasure boat — noun A motorboat used for recreational activities, such as sport fishing or touring. Steaming up the Adriatic aboard ex King Farouks former pleasure boat (now renamed Freedom), Egypts President Gamal Abdel Nasser arrived last week at the… … Wiktionary
pleasure-boat — … Useful english dictionary
The Pleasure Boat — was a reform journal published in Portland, Maine during the mid nineteenth century by the Quaker reformer and journalist Jeremiah Hacker. Over the first seventeen years of publication (1845 1862) it went by the names The Pleasure Boat and The… … Wikipedia
Pleasure — Pleas ure, n. [F. plaisir, originally an infinitive. See {Please}.] 1. The gratification of the senses or of the mind; agreeable sensations or emotions; the excitement, relish, or happiness produced by the expectation or the enjoyment of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
boat — [ bout ] noun count *** 1. ) a small vehicle that people use for traveling on water. Boats are usually smaller than ships, and are moved by means of sails, OARS, or motors: by boat: The only way to get there was by boat. => POWERBOAT, ROWBOAT … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
pleasure craft — noun a large motorboat that has a cabin and plumbing and other conveniences necessary for living on board • Syn: ↑cabin cruiser, ↑cruiser, ↑pleasure boat • Derivationally related forms: ↑cruise (for: ↑cruiser) … Useful english dictionary
