dinghy

Collocations

5

1

(noun.)

ADJ

inflatable, rubber | sailing

VERB + DINGHY

row, sail

The fisherman rowed his dinghy out to the bigger boat anchored offshore.

DINGHY + NOUN

sailing, sailor

PREP

in/into a/the ~

The fishermen climbed into the dinghy and headed out to check their nets.

Definitions

noun

1

A small open boat, propelled by oars or paddles, carried as a tender, lifeboat, or pleasure craft on a ship.

The dinghy was trailing astern at the end of its painter, and Merrion looked at it as he passed. He saw that it was a battered-looking affair of the prahm type, with a blunt snout, and like the parent ship, had recently been painted a vivid green.

2

A sailing dinghy.

3

An inflatable rubber life raft.

verb

1

To travel by dinghy.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a small boat of shallow draft with cross thwarts for seats a

dory
rowboat

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

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01

The dinghy was trailing astern at the end of its painter, and Merrion looked at it as he passed. He saw that it was a battered-looking affair of the prahm type, with a blunt snout, and like the parent

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02

Down by the dinghy our cat is being hazarded by an angry pelican.

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03

Tom went out across the lake in his dinghy.

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04

I took the dinghy from the ship.

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05

Tom inflated the rubber dinghy on the beach using a pump.

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