Usually means: Small, powerful boats for towing.
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  1. tugboats: Merriam-Webster
  2. tugboats: Collins English Dictionary
  3. tugboats: Vocabulary.com
  4. Tugboats, tugboats: Wordnik
  5. tugboats: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. tugboats: Wiktionary
  7. tugboats: Dictionary.com
  8. tugboats: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Tugboats: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. Tugboats: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Tugboats: Encyclopedia

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  1. Tugboats: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (tugboat)

noun:  (nautical) A small, powerful boat used to push or pull barges or to help maneuver larger vessels.
▸ Also see tugboat


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