barge
IPA: bˈɑrdʒ
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
- The wooden disk in which bread or biscuit is placed on a mess table.
- (US) A double-decked passenger or freight vessel, towed by a steamboat.
- (US, dialect, dated) A large omnibus used for excursions.
- A surname.
verb
- To intrude or break through, particularly in an unwelcome or clumsy manner.
- (transitive) To push someone.
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Examples of "barge" in Sentences
- At the site, all the tugs have the barge ram ready.
- Barge traffic in the area assisted in the evacuation.
- The operator stands at the front of the barge or punt.
- He was delighted with the present of the barge the most.
- The mechanism is contained in a barge, anchored to the seabed.
- The Dutch yacht is the fore runner of the Thames sailing barge.
- Barges are usable the length of Brevard in the inland waterway.
- Resolution of the dispute and final disposition of the barge is unknown.
- A miniature of a royal barge was amongst the booty of the tomb of Tutankhamun.
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