boathouse

«boathouse» in Mova's school dictionary: A shed or building by a river or lake where boats are kept — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (a boathouse, boathouses)

meaning for a pupil

1) A shed or building by a river or lake where boats are kept. tree →

2) A building of a rowing club where boats and oars are stored. tree →

sense in the lessons

Found in stories about rivers and lakes, in holiday places and at rowing clubs. In The Wind in the Willows Toad Hall has a fine boathouse, and the Water Rat keeps his little blue-and-white boat by the river bank. A boathouse often stands half over the water so boats can slide in and out.

examples

• The boats were locked in the boathouse for the winter. tree →
• Toad showed them his boathouse full of boats he no longer used. tree →
• We found old oars and life jackets in the boathouse. tree →
• The rowing team carried their boat out of the boathouse. tree →
• Ducks nested under the boathouse floor. tree →
• The boathouse door opened straight onto the lake. tree →

note

One word: boathouse (boat + house). Plural «boathouses» is pronounced with a «z» sound in the middle of «-houses», like «houses».

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «boathouse» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.