TUGBOAT

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A powerful small boat designed to pull or push larger ships

Synonyms:

towboat; tower; tug; tugboat

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("tugboat" is a kind of...):

boat (a small vessel for travel on water)

Meronyms (parts of "tugboat"):

helm (steering mechanism for a vessel; a mechanical device by which a vessel is steered)

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