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Definition of
houseboat noun
from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
houseboat
noun
noun
NAmE
/
/
ˈhaʊsboʊt
/
/
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a boat that people can live in, usually kept at a particular place on a river or
canal
or in a
marina
See
houseboat
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