boathook
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 17
- Words With Friends
- 17
- Letters
- 8
/ˈbəʊtˌhʊk/
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/ˈbəʊtˌhʊk/ · /ˈboʊtˌhʊk/
Definition of boathook
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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A hook attached to a pole used for pulling or pushing boats, rafts, logs or other objects to or from the side of a boat.
“After that, Hanukkah curled up on the steps of the mosque and withdrew into sleep and his dream of Sarah, of the faint smell of burning sandalwood when she took his head into her lap, a dream from which Amram’s horny toe now dislodged him with all the tenderness of a boathook.”
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noun
-
A hook attached to a pole used for pulling or pushing boats, rafts, logs or other objects to or from the side of a boat.
“After that, Hanukkah curled up on the steps of the mosque and withdrew into sleep and his dream of Sarah, of the faint smell of burning sandalwood when she took his head into her lap, a dream from which Amram’s horny toe now dislodged him with all the tenderness of a boathook.”
- (broadly)A pole or rod with such a hook at one end.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From boat + hook.
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