Dhow vs. Boat — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Dhow and Boat
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Dhow
Dhow (Arabic: داو, romanized: dāwa; Marathi: dāw) is the generic name of a number of traditional sailing vessels with one or more masts with settee or sometimes lateen sails, used in the Red Sea and Indian Ocean region. Historians are divided as to whether the dhow was invented by Arabs or Indians.
Boat
An inland vessel of any size.
Dhow
Any of various lateen-rigged sailing vessels with one or two masts, used especially along the eastern coast of Africa.
Boat
A ship or submarine.
Dhow
(nautical) A traditional sailing vessel used along the coasts of Arabia, East Africa, and the Indian Ocean, generally having a single mast and a lateen sail.
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Boat
A dish shaped like a boat
A sauce boat.
Dhow
A coasting vessel of Arabia, East Africa, and the Indian Ocean. It has generally but one mast and a lateen sail.
Boat
To travel by boat.
Dhow
A lateen-rigged sailing vessel used by Arabs
Boat
To transport by boat.
Boat
To place in a boat.
Boat
A craft used for transportation of goods, fishing, racing, recreational cruising, or military use on or in the water, propelled by oars or outboard motor or inboard motor or by wind.
Boat
(intransitive) To travel by boat.
Boat
A boat is a watercraft of a large range of types and sizes, but generally smaller than a ship, which is distinguished by its larger size, shape, cargo or passenger capacity, or its ability to carry boats. Small boats are typically found on inland waterways such as rivers and lakes, or in protected coastal areas.
Boat
A relatively small, usually open craft of a size that might be carried aboard a ship.
Boat
To ride a boat for pleasure.
Boat
(poker slang) A full house.
Boat
A vehicle, utensil, or dish somewhat resembling a boat in shape.
A stone boat;
A gravy boat
Boat
(chemistry) One of two possible conformations of cyclohexane rings (the other being chair), shaped roughly like a boat.
Boat
The refugee boats arriving in Australian waters, and by extension, refugees generally.
Boat
(transitive) To transport in a boat.
To boat goods
Boat
(transitive) To place in a boat.
To boat oars
Boat
A small open vessel, or water craft, usually moved by cars or paddles, but often by a sail.
Boat
Hence, any vessel; usually with some epithet descriptive of its use or mode of propulsion; as, pilot boat, packet boat, passage boat, advice boat, etc. The term is sometimes applied to steam vessels, even of the largest class; as, the Cunard boats.
Boat
A vehicle, utensil, or dish, somewhat resembling a boat in shape; as, a stone boat; a gravy boat.
Boat
To transport in a boat; as, to boat goods.
Boat
To place in a boat; as, to boat oars.
Boat
To go or row in a boat.
I boated over, ran my craft aground.
Boat
A small vessel for travel on water
Boat
A dish (often boat-shaped) for serving gravy or sauce
Boat
Ride in a boat on water
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