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# boathouse

noun (a boathouse, boathouses)

«boathouse» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A shed or building by a river or lake where boats are kept. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boathouse/#m1)
2. A building of a rowing club where boats and oars are stored. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boathouse/#m2)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boathouse/#x1)
- Toad showed them his boathouse full of boats he no longer used. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boathouse/#x2)
- We found old oars and life jackets in the boathouse. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boathouse/#x3)
- The rowing team carried their boat out of the boathouse. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boathouse/#x4)
- Ducks nested under the boathouse floor. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boathouse/#x5)
- The boathouse door opened straight onto the lake. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boathouse/#x6)

### Note

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

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «boathouse» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boathouse/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«boathouse» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/boathouse.html) on Mova free.