tugboat

Questions about tugboat

What does tugboat mean?

tugboat means "a powerful small boat designed to pull or push larger ships".

How many syllables are in tugboat?

tugboat has 2 syllables: tug-boat. The stress falls on "tug". In IPA it is /ˈtʌɡˌboʊt/.

What is another word for tugboat?

Close synonyms include tug, towboat, tower. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is tugboat a common word?

tugboat is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with tugboat?

14 words rhyme with tugboat. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.