houseboat

From house +‎ boat.

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈhaʊsˌboʊt/

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houseboat (plural houseboats)

1. A vessel, such as a barge, used as a dwelling.
   • 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications, page 223, about Hemingford Grey:

     Graceful old houses stand by the edge of the Great Ouse and gaze down at the houseboats, skiffs and motor-cruisers that moor there.

   • 1992, Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, page 364:

     Hiro ducks out of Tranny's celebratory dinner rather early, drags Reason off the zodiac and onto the front porch of the houseboat, opens it up and jacks his personal computer into its bios.

   • 2025 June 26, David G. Allan, “Once ‘the world’s egg basket,’ this Gold Rush-era boomtown still delivers culinary riches”, in CNN‎^[1], archived from the original on 24 July 2025:

     Petaluma is also well-positioned as a base for the current riches of the region. Think of this town as the hub of a pioneer’s wagon wheel, spokes stretching out in all directions to day trip points of interest. West to Point Reyes National Seashore and Bodega Bay, north to the redwoods around Guerneville, east to wine country, and south for hiking on Mount Tamalpais or the houseboats and dockside fun of Sausalito, then just over Golden Gate bridge to the big city — all reachable within an hour, traffic-willing.

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