Tugboat

//ˈtʌɡboʊt//

Synonyms for "tugboat" (8 found)

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Closest matches (2)

Noun(1 words)
tug

Strong matches (2)

Related words (4)

Noun(2 words)
towboattower

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related to

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Translations

75 translations across 55 languages.

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Afrikaans

1 entries
  • sleepboot noun (small, powerful boat)

Albanian

1 entries
  • rimorkiator noun (small, powerful boat)

Arabic

1 entries
  • زَوْرَق اَلْقَطْر noun (small, powerful boat)

Armenian

2 entries
  • բուքսիրային նավ noun (small, powerful boat)
  • քարշականավ noun (small, powerful boat)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • buksir noun (small, powerful boat)

Basque

1 entries
  • atoiontzi noun (small, powerful boat)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • буксі́р noun (small, powerful boat)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • влекач noun (small, powerful boat)

Catalan

1 entries
  • remolcador noun (small, powerful boat)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 拖船 noun (small, powerful boat)

Czech

1 entries
  • remorkér noun (small, powerful boat)

Danish

1 entries
  • slæbebåd noun (small, powerful boat)

Dutch

2 entries
  • sleepboot noun (small, powerful boat)
  • sleper noun (small, powerful boat)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • trenšipo noun (small, powerful boat)

Estonian

1 entries
  • puksiir noun (small, powerful boat)

Finnish

1 entries
  • hinaaja noun (small, powerful boat)

French

1 entries
  • remorqueur noun (small, powerful boat)

Galician

1 entries
  • revocador noun (small, powerful boat)

Georgian

1 entries
  • საბუქსირო გემი noun (small, powerful boat)

German

4 entries
  • Schleppboot noun (small, powerful boat)
  • Schleppdampfer noun (small, powerful boat)
  • Schlepper noun (small, powerful boat)
  • Schleppschiff noun (small, powerful boat)

Greek

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  • ρυμουλκό πλοίο noun (small, powerful boat)

Haitian Creole

1 entries
  • remokè noun (small, powerful boat)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • גּוֹרֶרֶת noun (small, powerful boat)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • vontatóhajó noun (small, powerful boat)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • dráttarbátur noun (small, powerful boat)

Ido

1 entries
  • remorkero noun (small, powerful boat)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • kapal tunda noun (small, powerful boat)

Italian

1 entries
  • rimorchiatore noun (small, powerful boat)

Japanese

2 entries
  • タグボート noun (small, powerful boat)
  • 曳船 noun (small, powerful boat)

Korean

1 entries
  • 예인선 noun (small, powerful boat)

Latvian

2 entries
  • tālbraucējs noun (small, powerful boat)
  • velkonis noun (small, powerful boat)

Livonian

1 entries
  • vilkikas noun (small, powerful boat)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • реморке́р noun (small, powerful boat)
  • шле́пер noun (small, powerful boat)

Maltese

1 entries
  • irmonk noun (small, powerful boat)

Māori

2 entries
  • poti pārete noun (small, powerful boat)
  • tima pārete noun (small, powerful boat)

Norwegian Bokmål

3 entries
  • bukserbåt noun (small, powerful boat)
  • slepebåt noun (small, powerful boat)
  • taubåt noun (small, powerful boat)

Norwegian Nynorsk

3 entries
  • bukserbåt noun (small, powerful boat)
  • slepebåt noun (small, powerful boat)
  • taubåt noun (small, powerful boat)

Pannonian Rusyn

3 entries
  • реморкер noun (small, powerful boat)
  • цагач noun (small, powerful boat)
  • шлепер noun (small, powerful boat)

Polish

1 entries
  • holownik noun (small, powerful boat)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • rebocador noun (small, powerful boat)

Romanian

1 entries
  • remocher noun (small, powerful boat)

Russian

2 entries
  • букси́р noun (small, powerful boat)
  • букси́рное су́дно noun (small, powerful boat)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • bàta slaodaidh noun (small, powerful boat)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • remoker noun (small, powerful boat)
  • tegljač noun (small, powerful boat)
  • реморкер noun (small, powerful boat)
  • тегљач noun (small, powerful boat)

Slovak

1 entries
  • remokér noun (small, powerful boat)

Slovene

1 entries
  • ladijski vlačilec noun (small, powerful boat)

Spanish

1 entries
  • remolcador noun (small, powerful boat)

Swahili

1 entries
  • tishari noun (small, powerful boat)

Swedish

1 entries
  • bogserbåt noun (small, powerful boat)

Thai

1 entries
  • เรือโยง noun (small, powerful boat)

Turkish

1 entries
  • römorkör noun (small, powerful boat)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • букси́р noun (small, powerful boat)

Volapük

2 entries
  • tränanaf noun (small, powerful boat)
  • tränastemanaf noun (small, powerful boat)

Welsh

1 entries
  • tynfad noun (small, powerful boat)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • בוקסיר noun (small, powerful boat)

Sample sentences

6 total sentences available.

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That sounds like our tugboat horn.

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He's a tugboat captain.

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Tom used to be a tugboat captain.

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The tugboat guided the ship into the Algiers port.

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