dory

noun

Definition of dorynext
as in canoe

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Recent Examples of dory Spectators will see a variety of floats, and dory boats decorated in creative ways. — oregonlive, 12 July 2023 Saline 20 is home to Les Zigotos, a group of volunteers dedicated to preserving the culture and history of the dory, Saint-Pierre’s traditional wooden boat. — Hillary Richards, Travel + Leisure, 28 June 2023 But not everything with T cells is hunky dory. — Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2023 Things still aren't hunky dory between sisters Kyle Richards and Kathy Hilton. — Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 15 Mar. 2023 See All Example Sentences for dory
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dory
  1. canoe
  2. skiff
  3. rowboat
  4. dinghy
  5. kayak
  6. scow
  7. pontoon
  8. raft
Noun
  • Firefighters also returned to the water to get the canoe.
    — Mark Price, Miami Herald, 8 Apr. 2025
  • From there, the canoe will continue its circumnavigation of the Pacific Ocean, which began in Alaska in June 2023.
    — Brianna Randall, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
Definition of canoe
Noun
  • Hop in a kayak or on a skiff ride for more intimate portraits of the state’s incredible wildlife.
    — UnCruise Adventures, AFAR Media, 25 Mar. 2025
  • Erik Heil Germany, one of the newer teams, is led by driver Erik Heil, a two-time bronze medalist in the 49er skiff class.
    — Andrew Rice, The Athletic, 20 Mar. 2025
Definition of skiff
Noun
  • Francine Kiefer/The Christian Science Monitor About 350 people live on the island, and each family has 3 acres, a motorboat, and a rowboat.
    — Francine Kiefer, Christian Science Monitor, 1 Apr. 2025
  • Spend your solo sojourn in the French countryside luxuriating in the property’s 80 acres, ideal for an afternoon picnic and a spin around the private lake on the château’s rowboat.
    — Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 12 Feb. 2025
Definition of rowboat
Noun
  • In one of the most memorable finale scenes, Tanya kills everyone on the yacht and then falls to her death trying to get on a dinghy.
    — Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 9 Mar. 2025
  • In 1972, Scottish sailor Dougal Robertson and his family survived for 38 days at sea in a small dinghy after killer whales sunk their schooner near the Galapagos Islands.
    — Outside Online, Outside Online, 29 Jan. 2025
Definition of dinghy
Noun
  • Rock Creek Lakes Resort on the other side of the lake, has kayak and canoe rentals (as well as a small store and breakfast).
    — Jenna Blough, Outside Online, 8 Apr. 2025
  • Go scuba diving, take a glass-bottom boat tour, or paddle a kayak.
    — Lisa A. Beach, Southern Living, 30 Mar. 2025
Definition of kayak
Noun
  • It was purchased in 1890 by brothers John and Alexander Laurie to tow vessels and barges, or scows filled with stone from nearby quarries, in Green Bay and Sturgeon Bay.
    — Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 21 Sep. 2024
  • The foundation could be a raft made of tree logs; pontoon made of fiberglass, steel or aluminum; plywood barge or scow floats made from salvaged wooden and metal hulls; or box floats made of wood, metal or Styrofoam.
    — oregonlive, oregonlive, 28 Oct. 2022
Definition of scow
Noun
  • The twist is that along the way, in exchange for the money or fuel at each pontoon, two players must volunteer to be abandoned, thus sacrificing safety from the first murder and enduring a cold and wet afternoon on the loch.
    — Joe Reid, Vulture, 9 Jan. 2025
  • That first boat jump spanned 80 feet, with a 24-foot-long, four-foot-high ramp assisting in the vault, while the later pontoon explosion was created with the help of the film’s VFX team.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2025
Definition of pontoon
Noun
  • The men then clambered down to the water before launching a raft from the northeast shore of the island.
    — Louise McLoughlin, CNN Money, 11 Apr. 2025
  • Those figures come amid a raft of troubling economic data.
    — Jonathan Easley, The Hill, 11 Apr. 2025
Definition of raft

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