A boat is a small vessel.
Boat is a term with more than a dozen meanings, which can be used in multiple contexts with different meanings. It may be a small boat that lacks a deck and is generally propelled with oars .
Boats can be made from wood, fiberglass, and other materials. The most traditional ones are made of wood , with planks as a seat and oars as a means of propulsion.
Types of boat
There are boats that are used to transport passengers and merchandise . There are also fishing , sports and safety boats (in this case, they are carried aboard larger boats and used in an emergency). For example: "My cousin invited me to go fishing on the lake in his boat" , "A boat carrying dozens of refugees sank in the Mediterranean Sea" , "Everyone in the boats!" There is a fire in the engine room of the cruise ship .
You must know that any boat of this type has several clearly defined parts such as the supports , the fork , the carriage , the pedals and the tracks .
There are different types of boat.
Other uses of the term
Small containers that are usually cylindrical in shape may be known as jars. These are vessels or containers that allow the storage and transportation of liquids or solid elements: "Could you hand me the cookie jar, please?" , "Look if there is money in the jar on the table" , "I can't find the lid of the jar" .
Bounce, on the other hand, can be the jump that a body makes when it rises from the ground or when it hits a rigid surface that pushes it in the opposite direction: "Thanks to a great bounce, the goalkeeper managed to keep the ball." "Don't bounce the ball inside the house: you could break something," "The young man jumped when he heard his mother's scream."
Pot as money
In the same way, it must be taken into account that jackpot is a term used in television contests. Specifically, it refers to the money that the contestants fail to win and that, therefore, is kept so that in the next program the participants can qualify for it. As the programs go by without obtaining that amount of money, it will increase.
Something similar happens with some lottery prizes . Thus, when no winner emerges, the corresponding money is added to that of the following week. This means that the jackpot becomes a greater attraction for citizens who will be more encouraged to buy their ticket to try to win it.
Reference is also made to a pot to refer to the money that several people put together for a certain objective . For example, if there is a group of friends who wants to buy another a birthday gift, they can agree to contribute the same amount of money each and thus shape a pot. With this you will have the necessary amount to proceed to purchase the appropriate gift.
In the same way, it is common for groups of friends to form a boat when going out for dinner or a drink.