houseboat

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houseboat

/ˈhaʊsˌboʊt/ US

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From house + boat.

noun houseboats

A vessel, such as a barge, used as a dwelling. Graceful old houses stand by the edge of the Great Ouse and gaze down at the houseboats, skiffs and motor-cruisers that moor there.

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noun vessel

中文	房船 fángchuán, 居住船 jūzhùchuán
Deutsch	Hausboot, Wohnboot

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@misc{houseboat_2026,
  title = {houseboat},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/houseboat},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}