as in speedboats
a boat equipped with a motor
motorboats are banned on the lake because they are a hazard to swimmers
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Recent Examples of motorboats
The couple and their family are shown on surfboards, motorboats, and kayaks.
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Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 16 Sep. 2025
Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 16 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for motorboats
speedboats
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Scale-ups are speedboats, not cruise ships.—
Charles Towers-Clark,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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His later works, which took cars and speedboats as their themes, were similarly handmade, their forms at once suggesting nostalgia and escape velocity.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Motorboats.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/motorboats. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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