# boats

Pronunciation: say "BOHTS" US /boʊts/, UK /bəʊts/

## Noun

1. Plural of boat. — plural of boat
   - Simple: Plural of boat. Use this form when you mean more than one boat.
   - _Several boats were tied up along the wooden dock._
   - _Rescue crews launched their boats as the floodwaters rose._

## Verb

2. Third-person singular simple present of boat. — third-person singular simple present indicative of boat
   - Simple: Third-person singular simple present of boat. Use it when one person travels by boat.
   - _My uncle boats out to the reef most mornings to check his traps._
   - _Whenever the weather clears, she boats across the lake to the far shore._

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