barge
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/bɑːdʒ/
English
Definitions
noun
- A large flat-bottomed towed or self-propelled boat used mainly for river and canal transport of heavy goods or bulk cargo.
- A richly decorated ceremonial state vessel propelled by rowers for river processions.
- A large flat-bottomed coastal trading vessel having a large spritsail and jib-headed topsail, a fore staysail and a very small mizen, and having leeboards instead of a keel.
- One of the boats of a warship having fourteen oars
verb
- To intrude or break through, particularly in an unwelcome or clumsy manner.
- To push someone.
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Synonyms
lighterflatboathoypush forwardthrust aheadhouseboatvesselskiffscowboatshipdroguerowboattowingtowwater