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tugboat

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The meaning (definition) of the word tugboat

a small strong boat that pulls bigger ships in the harbor.

The word tugboat used in a sentence

The tugboat pulled the enormous ship into the harbor.

Words that mean the same as tugboat (synonyms)

boatvessel

The plural of the word tugboat

tugboats

How the word tugboat is said around the world

Frenchremorqueur (ruhmawrkerr)
Spanishremolcador (raymohlkahthohr)
Mandarin拖船 (tuō chuán)
Hindiटगबोट (tuhgboht)
Arabicقاطرة (kahteerah)
Russianбуксир (buksir)
Portuguese (EU)rebocador (raybookuhdohr)
Portuguese (BR)rebocador (khaybohkahdohr)
Japaneseタグボート (tagubooto)
GermanSchlepper (shlepur)
Urduٹگ بوٹ (tug boot)
Punjabiਟੱਗਬੋਟ (tuguhboht)
Korean예인선 (yeinseon)
Hebrewגוֹרֶרֶת (gohrayrayt)
Greekρυμουλκό πλοίο (rumoulko ploio)
Dutchsleepboot (slaypboht)
Tagalogbangkang panghila (bahngkahng pahngheelah)
Vietnamesetàu kéo (tow keurw)
Turkishrömorkör (rermawrkerr)
Persianیدک‌کش (yahdahkkaysh)
Polishholownik (khawlawvnyeek)
Ukrainianбуксир (buksyr)
Bengaliটাগবোট (tahgawboht)
Swedishbogserbåt (bawgsuhrboht)
Italianrimorchiatore (reemohrkyahtohray)

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