Watercraft is an English word with synonyms like craft or craftsmanship. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Watercraft in a sentence
Watercraft meaning
- Any vessel with implements designed to move it in arbitrary direction through one or various bodies of water: a boat, ship, sea scooter, or similar vehicle.
- Skill in boating, swimming, or other water-related sports.
Synonyms of Watercraft
Using Watercraft
- The main meaning on this page is: Any vessel with implements designed to move it in arbitrary direction through one or various bodies of water: a boat, ship, sea scooter, or similar vehicle. | Skill in boating, swimming, or other water-related sports.
- Useful related words include: craft, craftsmanship, workmanship, vessel.
- In the example corpus, watercraft often appears in combinations such as: personal watercraft, watercraft and, of watercraft.
Context around Watercraft
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 8 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Watercraft
- In this selection, "watercraft" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, personal, 400, registered, common, main and properly stand out and add context to how "watercraft" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 66 registered watercraft and an unmanned watercraft that vacuums. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "watercraft" sits close to words such as abatement, abductions and abdulrahman, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with watercraft
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Failure to maintain your watercraft properly. (6 words)
The Tongue River Reservoir is now open to watercraft. (9 words)
That includes standup paddleboards, kayaks, personal watercraft and other craft. (10 words)
So, on May 1, council passed on the idea of a dedicated fire boat instead passing a motion saying Stag Island must obtain a commercial operators watercraft license to allow the department to use the ferry to get to the island for emergencies. (43 words)
An initial search didn’t find the man, so officers from the Rice and St. Cloud Police Department, as well as the Morrison County Sheriff’s Office and Minnesota State Patrol, joined the search with canines, drones, watercraft, and a helicopter. (41 words)
The Viewing Guidelines page on this website provides helpful tips on how to respectfully observe manatees, additional guidelines for boat and personal watercraft operators, and information on what you can do to help with manatee conservation. (36 words)
Example sentences (20)
The council recorded 400 watercraft on the Sorrento foreshore before it began its sweep of the area and there are now 66 registered watercraft.
One permit is required per boat or watercraft and they are not interchangeable between any other boats or watercraft you own.
Non-yachting use of watercraft Common commercial uses of watercraft, which would not be referred to as yachting, include commercial fishing, shipping, operation of ferries, and military applications.
Ships and watercraft main further Ships and other watercraft are used for ship transport.
An initial search didn’t find the man, so officers from the Rice and St. Cloud Police Department, as well as the Morrison County Sheriff’s Office and Minnesota State Patrol, joined the search with canines, drones, watercraft, and a helicopter.
A team of scientists and environmentalists tests out the WasteShark, an unmanned watercraft that vacuums up soda cans and potato-chip bags.
Charges expected to be filed against Childers include boating while intoxicated involving the death of another and careless and imprudent operation of a watercraft.
Failure to maintain your watercraft properly.
Maritime Minister, Baroness Charlotte Vere said: “The watercraft industry is thriving and it’s great to see more and more people enjoying activities.
Public records showed he owned at least one vessel made by Sea-Doo, a company known for its jet ski-style personal watercraft.
So, on May 1, council passed on the idea of a dedicated fire boat instead passing a motion saying Stag Island must obtain a commercial operators watercraft license to allow the department to use the ferry to get to the island for emergencies.
Submersibles are manned watercraft that move similarly to submarines but within a much more limited range.
That includes standup paddleboards, kayaks, personal watercraft and other craft.
The LPD hull designation for the San Antonio-class stands for “landing pad dock” and as such it houses troops, aircraft, and some smaller watercraft.
The Pure Watercraft logo on a bow gate on the Pure Pontoon.
The Viewing Guidelines page on this website provides helpful tips on how to respectfully observe manatees, additional guidelines for boat and personal watercraft operators, and information on what you can do to help with manatee conservation.
Despite these challenges, the Army’s watercraft continue to play vital roles in various operations.
In addition to electronics, products like medical devices, aviation, heavy machinery, even “personal watercraft” and lifts are covered by harmonised legislation relevant for the AI Act, so they might undergo a similar process as RED.
That motor maximized power output while also winning an EPA Clean Air Excellence award, and Bombardier followed that up with the "Ghost" series, an adaptation of the Rotax engines used in personal watercraft and small airplanes.
The Tongue River Reservoir is now open to watercraft.
Common combinations with watercraft
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- personal watercraft 14×
- watercraft and 13×
- of watercraft 5×
- and watercraft 4×
- watercraft are 3×
- the watercraft 3×
- or watercraft 2×
- other watercraft 2×
- watercraft that 2×
- your watercraft 2×