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noun as in vessel

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It involved a private island tour, catamaran cruise, visiting Rihanna’s childhood home and more.

We were about to sail back to Puerto Vallarta, but the catamaran barely moved.

I think the crew just didn’t know how to maneuver the catamaran very well, the sea was not very rough nor was it too windy.

I can paddle my catamaran against both wind and tide; why cannot you do the same?

They never tired, I think, of seeing me handle my giant “catamaran” and the (to them) mysterious harpoon.

We also started building a catamaran, with which to navigate the river when the floods had subsided.

She had easily forced a way for the catamaran through the branches, and once past, had drawn them together again.

Yamba cried out to me to lie flat on the catamaran, and hold on as tightly as I could until we reached smooth water again.

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noun as in vehicle for water travel

noun as in opposing views

• bone to pick
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• controversy
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• estrangement

noun as in boat

noun as in a boat propelled with wind by sailcloth

• gaff-rigged sailboat
• wooden boat

On this page you'll find 7 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to catamaran, such as: raft, sailboat, and float.

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• cabin cruiser
• dragon boat
• rubber dinghy
• As soon as the boat anchored, a catamaran put out, and brought Charlie and his followers to shore.  
• Next morning we were visited by a party of natives from the neighbouring island, consisting of six men in a canoe, and one on a catamaran or raft.  
• Soon we were surrounded with catamarans and canoes, with three or four natives in each.  
• The horses and cows were taken on a species of catamaran, or large raft, that is much used in those mild seas, and which sail reasonably well a little off the wind, and not very badly on.  
• When we reached the lagoon, a catamaran with three natives on it came off to us.  

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[ kat- uh -m uh - ran , kat - uh -m uh -ran ]

• a vessel, usually propelled by sail, formed of two hulls or floats held side by side by a frame above them. Compare trimaran .
• a float or sailing raft formed of a number of logs lashed together, used in certain parts of India, South America, etc.
• Canadian Dialect. a wooden sled.

/ ˌkætəməˈræn /

• a sailing, or sometimes motored, vessel with twin hulls held parallel by a rigid framework
• a primitive raft made of logs lashed together
• old-fashioned. a quarrelsome woman

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It involved a private island tour, catamaran cruise, visiting Rihanna’s childhood home and more.

We were about to sail back to Puerto Vallarta, but the catamaran barely moved.

I think the crew just didn’t know how to maneuver the catamaran very well, the sea was not very rough nor was it too windy.

I can paddle my catamaran against both wind and tide; why cannot you do the same?

They never tired, I think, of seeing me handle my giant “catamaran” and the (to them) mysterious harpoon.

We also started building a catamaran, with which to navigate the river when the floods had subsided.

She had easily forced a way for the catamaran through the branches, and once past, had drawn them together again.

Yamba cried out to me to lie flat on the catamaran, and hold on as tightly as I could until we reached smooth water again.

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Synonyms for catamaran in English

1. catamaran

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noun. ['kəˈtæˌmɝːən'] a sailboat with two parallel hulls held together by single deck.

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Pronounce catamaran as kəˈtæˌmərən.

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1. Noun, singular or mass Couples with sea legs can even tie the knot at sunset on a catamaran or replica galleon. 2. Adjective Families may also consider taking catamaran cruise around Fort Myers Beach.

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Definition of catamaran in the English dictionary

The first definition of catamaran in the dictionary is a sailing, or sometimes motored, vessel with twin hulls held parallel by a rigid framework. Other definition of catamaran is a primitive raft made of logs lashed together. Catamaran is also a quarrelsome woman.

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• 2.1 Etymology
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English [ edit ]

Etymology [ edit ]

From Tamil கட்டுமரம் ( kaṭṭumaram ) , from கட்டு ( kaṭṭu , “ to tie ” ) +‎ மரம் ( maram , “ tree, wood ” ) .

Pronunciation [ edit ]

• ( UK ) IPA ( key ) : /ˌkæ.tə.məˈɹæn/ , /ˈkæ.tə.məˌɹæn/
• ( Canada , US ) IPA ( key ) : /ˈkæ.tə.məˌɹæn/ , /ˌkæ.tə.məˈɹæn/

Noun [ edit ]

catamaran ( plural catamarans )

• 1838 , [Letitia Elizabeth] Landon (indicated as editor), chapter XV, in Duty and Inclination:   [ … ] , volume II, London: Henry Colburn ,   [ … ] , →OCLC , page 218 : Swift over the seas the vessel drives; Madras appears in sight. The first object catching the eye, upon the anchor being cast, was an Indian upon his catamaran , who, making a sudden motion, sprung to the side of the ship, grappled there for a moment, and the next was on the deck.
• 1889 , William Makepeace Thackeray, Hobson's Choice : She meddles with my prescriptions for your wife; she doctors the infant in private: you'll never have a quiet house or a quiet wife as long as that old Catamaran is here.
• 1808–10 , William Hickey , Memoirs of a Georgian Rake , Folio Society 1995, p. 90: Three or four strange-looking things now came close to our boat, which I understood were called ‘ catamarans ’, consisting of nothing more than two or three large trees, the trunk part only strongly lashed together, upon which sat two men nearly in a state of nature [ … ] .
• ( obsolete ) An old kind of fireship .

Synonyms [ edit ]

• ( twin-hulled ship or boat ) : twinhull

Hypernyms [ edit ]

• ( twin-hulled ship or boat ) : multihull

Hyponyms [ edit ]

• ( twin-hulled ship or boat ) : AC45 , AC72

Coordinate terms [ edit ]

• outrigger canoe

Derived terms [ edit ]

• cat ( diminutive )

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Descendants [ edit ].

• → Portuguese: catamarã

Translations [ edit ]

French [ edit ].

From Tamil கட்டு ( kaṭṭu , “ to tie ” ) +‎ மரம் ( maram , “ tree, wood ” ) .

• IPA ( key ) : /ka.ta.ma.ʁɑ̃/
• Homophone : catamarans

catamaran   m ( plural catamarans )

• catamaran , a twinhulled ship or boat

Further reading [ edit ]

• “ catamaran ”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [ Digitized Treasury of the French Language ] , 2012 .

Norman [ edit ]

Borrowed from English catamaran , from Tamil .

• ( Jersey ) catamaran

Romanian [ edit ]

Borrowed from French catamaran .

catamaran   n ( plural catamarane )

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Antonyms for catamaran ˌkæt ə məˈræn cata·ma·ran, this page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term catamaran ., princeton's wordnet.

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a sailboat with two parallel hulls held together by single deck

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