Tugboat: alternatives and connections

A small open vessel, or water craft, usually moved by cars or paddles, but often by a sail.

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

See Haulm, straw.

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a member, substance or component part.

A vessel constructed for being towed, as a canal boat.

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

A mass of building standing alone and insulated, usually higher than its diameter, but when of great size not always of that proportion.

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

To pull or draw with great effort; to draw along with continued exertion; to haul along; to tow; as, to tug a loaded cart; to tug a ship into port.

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.