Usually means: Boat designed to push barges.
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  1. towboat: Merriam-Webster
  2. towboat: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. towboat: Collins English Dictionary
  4. towboat: Vocabulary.com
  5. towboat: Wordnik
  6. towboat: Wiktionary
  7. towboat: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. towboat: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. towboat: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. towboat: Dictionary.com
  11. Towboat: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. Towboat: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. towboat: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  14. towboat: Rhymezone
  15. Towboat: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. towboat: FreeDictionary.org
  17. towboat: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. towboat: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. towboat: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. towboat: Urban Dictionary

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

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Definitions from Wiktionary (towboat)

noun:  (nautical) A tugboat.
noun:  (nautical) A squat powerful boat designed to push barges.
noun:  A vessel constructed for being towed, such as a canal boat.
noun:  A steamer used for towing other vessels; a tug.

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