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# speedboat

«speedboat» in Mova's school dictionary: **A small, fast boat with a powerful engine** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a speedboat, speedboats)

### meaning for a pupil

A small, fast boat with a powerful engine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/speedboat/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life and holidays, speedboat rides on lakes or the sea. In stories and films, chases in speedboats. In maths, speed, distance and time problems use speedboats. Safety: always wear a life jacket. Phrases: speedboat ride.

### examples

- We went for a speedboat ride at the seaside. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/speedboat/#x1)
- The speedboat zoomed across the lake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/speedboat/#x2)
- Wear a life jacket on a speedboat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/speedboat/#x3)
- The speedboat travelled 60 km in 2 hours. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/speedboat/#x4)
- Waves from the speedboat rocked our canoe. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/speedboat/#x5)
- The spy escaped in a speedboat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/speedboat/#x6)

### note

Countable; one word. Maths: speed = distance ÷ time, so 60 km in 2 hours is 30 km per hour.

### Trees and pragmatics

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