Get to know Narrowboat better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like boat.
Narrowboat meaning
A barge used on the narrow canals of England.
Synonyms of Narrowboat
Using Narrowboat
- The main meaning on this page is: A barge used on the narrow canals of England.
- Useful related words include: canal boat, narrow boat, boat.
- In the example corpus, narrowboat often appears in combinations such as: the narrowboat, narrowboat in, on narrowboat.
Context around Narrowboat
- Average sentence length in these examples: 14.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 4 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 10 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Narrowboat
- In this selection, "narrowboat" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 14.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, 55ft, followed, sank and referring stand out and add context to how "narrowboat" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a 55ft narrowboat and a narrowboat sank in. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "narrowboat" sits close to words such as aab, aamer and aave, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with narrowboat
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
It is long and narrowboat. (5 words)
My terrier and I live on a narrowboat. (8 words)
Children from Grestone Junior School climb aboard a narrowboat in Birmingham. (11 words)
Formerly one of Fuller's Bel & The Dragon sites, The Narrowboat will be run by Natalia Foley, who joins the team from another Fuller pub, The Victoria Arms in Binfield. (30 words)
Many shared pictures of Cunliffe alongside the popular ragdolls, who lived on a narrowboat, referring to Cunliffe’s character “Fizzgog”. (20 words)
A narrowboat sank in the River Soar on Friday, January 5, after becoming trapped by a bridge in Barrow. (19 words)
Example sentences (10)
Cafe Afloat is a cafe based in a narrowboat on the Diglis Marina.
Formerly one of Fuller's Bel & The Dragon sites, The Narrowboat will be run by Natalia Foley, who joins the team from another Fuller pub, The Victoria Arms in Binfield.
Madison Adams moved into a narrowboat in 2020 with her two dogs.
My terrier and I live on a narrowboat.
The narrowboat followed the route through Cheshire and onto the Llangollen Canal near Nantwich.
A narrowboat sank in the River Soar on Friday, January 5, after becoming trapped by a bridge in Barrow.
Children from Grestone Junior School climb aboard a narrowboat in Birmingham.
It is long and narrowboat.
Many shared pictures of Cunliffe alongside the popular ragdolls, who lived on a narrowboat, referring to Cunliffe’s character “Fizzgog”.
They sold their house in Bradford, then bought a 55ft narrowboat.
Common combinations with narrowboat
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the narrowboat 2×
- narrowboat in 2×
- on narrowboat 2×