Usually means: Guides ships safely into harbor.
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  1. pilot boat: Merriam-Webster
  2. pilot boat: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. pilot boat: Collins English Dictionary
  4. pilot boat: Vocabulary.com
  5. pilot-boat, pilot boat: Wordnik
  6. pilot boat: Wiktionary
  7. pilot boat: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. Pilot boat, pilot boat: Dictionary.com
  9. Pilot boat: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. pilot boat: Rhymezone
  11. pilot boat: FreeDictionary.org
  12. pilot boat: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. pilot boat: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. pilot boat: Encyclopedia

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  1. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (pilot boat)

▸ noun:  A kind of boat used to transport pilots between land and the inbound or outbound ships that they are piloting.

Similar:
pilotage, pilotship, pilotry, boat, piloti, jetboat, autoboat, flying boat, boat trip, prop, more...

Opposite:
tugboat, passenger boat, cargo ship

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Similar:
pilotage, pilotship, pilotry, boat, piloti, jetboat, autoboat, flying boat, boat trip, prop, more...

Opposite:
tugboat, passenger boat, cargo ship



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