canoe

[US]/kəˈnuː/
[UK]/kəˈnuː/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. small and light boat, a type of boat which is narrow and pointed at both ends.

Phrases & Collocations

paddle a canoe

rent a canoe

canoe trip

Example Sentences

The canoe shot the rapids.

hollow a canoe out of a log

They slid the canoe down to the water.

The canoe was tossed about in the maelstrom.

The canoe was sucked into the whirlpool.

canoeing is gaining in popularity.

the canoe nudged a bank of reeds.

We were canoeing in the lake.

We sidled the canoe to the riverbank.

The wave caught the canoe broadside and sank it.

canoed and portaged the goods

The canoe flipped over in the rapids.

he had once canoed down the Nile.

Munitions were canoed across the river.

A canoe made from a hollowed tree trunk;a piragua.

We could cross the lake only in a canoe at that time.

swam downriver; a downriver canoe race.

Real-world Examples

There were no trees to build canoes.

Source: "BBC Documentary: Home"

Alway put the oar atop the canoe.

Source: Conan Talk Show

Applegate had no business taking a canoe out alone.

Source: The Trumpet Swan

You stopped rowing. Canoe started spinning.

Source: We Bare Bears

The formidable Viking longship had its origins in the humble dugout canoe, or log boat.

Source: Bilingual Edition of TED-Ed Selected Speeches

It looks like a cross between a Nighthawk plane and an outrigger canoe.

Source: Insect Kingdom Season 2 (Original Soundtrack Version)

For millennia, the inhabitants of Scandinavia had used these canoes for transportation.

Source: Bilingual Edition of TED-Ed Selected Speeches

Observers would later liken the scene to " a royal galleon fending off a few canoes."

Source: Bilingual Edition of TED-Ed Selected Speeches

Many people take a kayak or canoe around the islands and lagoons.

Source: National Parks of the United States

People called the program " Sunu Gaal" , that is a local term meaning " my canoe."

Source: VOA Special May 2014 Collection

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