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.”
The plural of the word tugboat
tugboats
How the word tugboat is said around the world
| French | remorqueur (ruh-mawr-KERR) |
| Spanish | remolcador (ray-mohl-kah-THOHR) |
| Mandarin | 拖船 (twoh chwahn) |
| Hindi | टगबोट (tuhg-BOHT) |
| Arabic | قاطرة (KAH-tee-rah) |
| Russian | буксир (book-SYEER) |
| Portuguese (EU) | rebocador (ray-boo-kuh-DOHR) |
| Portuguese (BR) | rebocador (khay-boh-kah-DOHR) |
| Japanese | タグボート (tahgubohtoh) |
| German | Schlepper (SHLE-pur) |
| Urdu | ٹگ بوٹ (tug boot) |
| Punjabi | ਟੱਗਬੋਟ (TU-guh-boht) |
| Korean | 예인선 (YAYN-sun) |
| Hebrew | גוֹרֶרֶת (goh-RAY-rayt) |
| Greek | ρυμουλκό πλοίο (ree-mool-KOH PLEE-oh) |
| Dutch | sleepboot (slayp-BOHT) |
| Tagalog | bangkang panghila (BAHNG-kahng pahng-HEE-lah) |
| Vietnamese | tàu kéo (tow KE-urw) |
| Turkish | römorkör (rer-mawr-KERR) |
| Persian | یدککش (YAH-dahk-kaysh) |
| Polish | holownik (khaw-LAWV-nyeek) |
| Ukrainian | буксир (BOOK-sir) |
| Bengali | টাগবোট (TAH-gaw-boht) |
| Swedish | bogserbåt (BAWG-suhr-boht) |
| Italian | rimorchiatore (ree-mohrk-yah-TOH-ray) |
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