Definitions for houseboat

houseboat house·boat

Spelling: [hous-boht]
IPA: /ˈhaʊsˌboʊt/

Houseboat is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 405 anagrams from letters in houseboat (abehoostu).

Definitions for houseboat

noun

  1. a flat-bottomed, bargelike boat fitted for use as a floating dwelling but not for rough water.

verb (used without object)

  1. to travel or live on a houseboat.

Origin of houseboat

First recorded in 1780-90; house + boat

Examples for houseboat

Another time I had accompanied my father on a trip on the Ganges in his houseboat.

Now her prow was just across the line of the stern of the houseboat.

Does everyone in the houseboat crowd look as well as you do?

The voices were not those of any member of the houseboat party.

The houseboat was now only a little more than a quarter of a mile from the beach.

I wish that Tom had not asked us to invite her to the houseboat this afternoon.

Some time later, Giovanditto took D and two other male students for a ride on a houseboat he had rented.

We have drifted from land in a houseboat and ask you to take us aboard.

Both in town and country, the riffraff of the houseboat element are in disfavor.

Dick, when I buy a houseboat I'm going to engage you as captain.

Word Value for houseboat
Scrable

14

Words with friends

15

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