Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

durham boat

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.73 in modern English

Syllables: durham boat
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

1

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A large wooden, flat-bottomed, double-ended freight boat used on many of the interior waterways of North America beginning in the middle of the 18th century, and eventually superseded by more efficient canal boats.

Inflected Forms

Durham boats (plural)

Questions

What does durham boat mean?: A large wooden, flat-bottomed, double-ended freight boat used on many of the interior waterways of North America beginning in the middle of the 18th century, and eventually superseded by more efficient canal boats.

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