Explore Flatboats through 2 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Flatboats in a sentence
Flatboats meaning
plural of flatboat
Using Flatboats
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of flatboat
Context around Flatboats
- Average sentence length in these examples: 18 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 1 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Flatboats
- In this selection, "flatboats" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 18 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, steamboats stand out and add context to how "flatboats" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include placed on flatboats for a and with steamboats flatboats and sailing. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "flatboats" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with flatboats
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The river in front of the city was filled with steamboats, flatboats, and sailing ships. (15 words)
Schmidt says a large number of them were placed on flatboats for a perilous journey to New Orleans to be sold. (21 words)
Schmidt says a large number of them were placed on flatboats for a perilous journey to New Orleans to be sold. (21 words)
The river in front of the city was filled with steamboats, flatboats, and sailing ships. (15 words)
Example sentences (2)
Schmidt says a large number of them were placed on flatboats for a perilous journey to New Orleans to be sold.
The river in front of the city was filled with steamboats, flatboats, and sailing ships.