houseboat

From house +‎ boat.

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈhaʊsˌboʊt/

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houseboat (plural houseboats)

1. A vessel, such as a barge, used as a dwelling.
   • 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications, page 223, about Hemingford Grey:

     Graceful old houses stand by the edge of the Great Ouse and gaze down at the houseboats, skiffs and motor-cruisers that moor there.

   • 1992, Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, page 364:

     Hiro ducks out of Tranny's celebratory dinner rather early, drags Reason off the zodiac and onto the front porch of the houseboat, opens it up and jacks his personal computer into its bios.

• boathouse

• boathouse