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# motorboat

«motorboat» in Mova's school dictionary: **a boat that moves with an engine, not with sails or oars** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (motorboat, motorboats)

### meaning for a pupil

A motorboat is a boat that moves with an engine, not with sails or oars. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/motorboat/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

speed, distance and time; boats counted; in everyday life and safety: wear a life jacket on a motorboat and keep away from the engine's propeller; in stories: a chase in a motorboat across the lake; with a river current: faster downstream, slower upstream

### examples

- A motorboat goes 30 km an hour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/motorboat/#x1)
- It is faster than the sailboat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/motorboat/#x2)
- 4 motorboats are in the harbour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/motorboat/#x3)
- How far does the motorboat go in 2 hours? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/motorboat/#x4)
- Always wear a life jacket on a motorboat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/motorboat/#x5)
- The motorboat sped across the lake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/motorboat/#x6)
- Going upstream, the motorboat was slower. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/motorboat/#x7)
- The noise of the motorboat scared the ducks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/motorboat/#x8)

### note

Distance = speed × time. Trap: downstream speed = boat speed + current; upstream = boat speed − current. One word: motor + boat. Also «speedboat» for a fast one.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «motorboat» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/motorboat/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.