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noun as in vessel

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Example Sentences

It involved a private island tour, catamaran cruise, visiting Rihanna’s childhood home and more.

We were about to sail back to Puerto Vallarta, but the catamaran barely moved.

I think the crew just didn’t know how to maneuver the catamaran very well, the sea was not very rough nor was it too windy.

I can paddle my catamaran against both wind and tide; why cannot you do the same?

They never tired, I think, of seeing me handle my giant “catamaran” and the (to them) mysterious harpoon.

We also started building a catamaran, with which to navigate the river when the floods had subsided.

She had easily forced a way for the catamaran through the branches, and once past, had drawn them together again.

Yamba cried out to me to lie flat on the catamaran, and hold on as tightly as I could until we reached smooth water again.

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noun as in vehicle for water travel

noun as in opposing views

• bone to pick
• contrariety
• contretemps
• controversy
• disagreement
• discordance
• estrangement

noun as in boat

noun as in a boat propelled with wind by sailcloth

• gaff-rigged sailboat
• wooden boat

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[ kat- uh -m uh - ran , kat - uh -m uh -ran ]

• a vessel, usually propelled by sail, formed of two hulls or floats held side by side by a frame above them. Compare trimaran .
• a float or sailing raft formed of a number of logs lashed together, used in certain parts of India, South America, etc.
• Canadian Dialect. a wooden sled.

/ ˌkætəməˈræn /

• a sailing, or sometimes motored, vessel with twin hulls held parallel by a rigid framework
• a primitive raft made of logs lashed together
• old-fashioned. a quarrelsome woman

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Origin of catamaran 1

Example Sentences

It involved a private island tour, catamaran cruise, visiting Rihanna’s childhood home and more.

We were about to sail back to Puerto Vallarta, but the catamaran barely moved.

I think the crew just didn’t know how to maneuver the catamaran very well, the sea was not very rough nor was it too windy.

I can paddle my catamaran against both wind and tide; why cannot you do the same?

They never tired, I think, of seeing me handle my giant “catamaran” and the (to them) mysterious harpoon.

We also started building a catamaran, with which to navigate the river when the floods had subsided.

She had easily forced a way for the catamaran through the branches, and once past, had drawn them together again.

Yamba cried out to me to lie flat on the catamaran, and hold on as tightly as I could until we reached smooth water again.

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• cabin cruiser
• dragon boat
• As soon as the boat anchored, a catamaran put out, and brought Charlie and his followers to shore.  
• Next morning we were visited by a party of natives from the neighbouring island, consisting of six men in a canoe, and one on a catamaran or raft.  
• Soon we were surrounded with catamarans and canoes, with three or four natives in each.  
• The horses and cows were taken on a species of catamaran, or large raft, that is much used in those mild seas, and which sail reasonably well a little off the wind, and not very badly on.  
• When we reached the lagoon, a catamaran with three natives on it came off to us.  

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• Meaning of catamaran

catamaran ( English)

Origin & history, pronunciation.

• ( Canada , US ) IPA: /ˈkætəmɚˌæn/
• ( Brit. Eng. ) IPA: /ˈkæt.ə.mə.ɹæn/
• A twin - hulled ship or boat .
• ( colloquial , rare , obsolete ) A quarrelsome woman ; a scold .
• 1889 , William Makepeace Thackeray, Hobson's Choice : " She meddles with my prescriptions for your wife; she doctors the infant in private: you'll never have a quiet house or a quiet wife as long as that old Catamaran is here. "
• twin-hulled ship or boat : twinhull
• twin-hulled ship or boat : multihull
• twin-hulled ship or boat : AC45 , AC72

Coordinate terms

• outrigger canoe

▾  Derived words & phrases

• cat ( diminutive )

catamaran ( French)

• IPA: /ka.ta.ma.ʁɑ̃/
• Homophones: catamarans
• see catamaran (English) , a twin-hulled ship or boat

catamaran ( Norman)

• ( Jersey ) see catamaran (English)

Automatically generated practical examples in English:

Three people have died and two are in hospital after a catamaran overturned off the Newcastle coast, with the rescue operation hampered by rough conditions. World News SBS, 11 July 2019

A British catamaran capsized on the River Hudson earlier today ahead a dramatic race in front of thousands of fans at the New York SailGP. Mail Online, 22 June 2019

Three people have died and two have been rescued after a catamaran overturned off the coast of Newcastle this morning. news.com.au, 11 July 2019

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SailGP team trained on American waters for the first time Monday after launching its new-look F50 foiling catamaran on San Francisco Bay in advance of the fledgling global league's second regatta. The Washington Times, 23 April 2019

Authorities in Puerto Rico on Wednesday identified a couple they say died when their catamaran caught on fire at a marina in the island’s southwest region. The Washington Times, 2 January 2020

Samuel Martel and Guy Sherro's two man catamaran capsized six kilometres off the Brisbane coast in rough waters on Tuesday evening. Mail Online, 3 June 2020

Mauro Morandi, 81, has lived on Budelli near Sardinia since his catamaran broke down in 1989 He has lived alone on an Italian paradise island for over three decades and intimately knows its ecosystem. The Guardian, 15 July 2020

Sarm Heslop, 41, a former air hostess for Flybe airline, vanished in the dead of night from 44-year-old Ryan Bane's 47ft catamaran Siren Song in the US Virgin Islands two weeks ago. Mail Online, 22 March 2021

Yachting enthusiasts entered a bidding war in a rare opportunity to purchase a custom catamaran built for the 34th America’s Cup in San Francisco, reflecting today’s fast-moving, record-breaking yachting market. Breaking Travel News, 23 September 2021

British police are assisting in the investigation into the disappearance of a 41-year-old woman who went missing from a catamaran in the US Virgin Islands more than three weeks ago. Independent.ie, 2 April 2021

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katamaran : see also Katamaran‎ katamaran (Czech) Pronunciation IPA: [ˈkatamaɾan] Noun katamaran (masc.) (shipping) catamaran katamaran (Polish) Pronunciation IPA: [kataˈmaɾan] Noun katamaran (masc.) (inanimate) (shipping) catamaran katamaran (Turkish) Origin…

catamarans : catamarans (English) Noun catamarans Plural of catamaran catamarans (French) Pronunciation IPA: /ka.ta.ma.ʁɑ̃/ Homophones: catamaran Noun catamarans (masc.) Plural of catamaran

cat : …débecter‎, débequeter‎ Polish: wymiotować‎ Portuguese: vomitar‎ Origin & history II Abbreviation of catamaran . Noun cat (pl. cats) A catamaran. Origin & history III Abbreviation of catenate. Noun cat (pl. cats)…

trimaran : trimaran (English) Origin & history Blend of tri- and catamaran. Noun trimaran (pl. trimarans) A type of boat with three parallel hulls. Related words & phrases catamaran Translations trimaran - type of boat Catalan: trimarà‎ (masc.)…

catamarán : see also catamaran ‎ catamarán (Spanish) Noun catamarán (masc.) (pl. catamaranes) catamaran

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From Tamil கட்டுமரம் ( kaṭṭumaram ) , from கட்டு ( kaṭṭu , “ to tie ” ) +‎ மரம் ( maram , “ tree, wood ” ) .

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• ( UK ) IPA ( key ) : /ˌkæ.tə.məˈɹæn/ , /ˈkæ.tə.məˌɹæn/

• ( Canada , US ) IPA ( key ) : /ˈkæ.tə.məˌɹæn/ , /ˌkæ.tə.məˈɹæn/

catamaran ( plural catamarans )

• 1838 , [Letitia Elizabeth] Landon (indicated as editor), chapter XV, in Duty and Inclination:   [ … ] , volume II, London: Henry Colburn ,   [ … ] , →OCLC , page 218 : Swift over the seas the vessel drives; Madras appears in sight. The first object catching the eye, upon the anchor being cast, was an Indian upon his catamaran , who, making a sudden motion, sprung to the side of the ship, grappled there for a moment, and the next was on the deck.
• 1889 , William Makepeace Thackeray, Hobson's Choice : She meddles with my prescriptions for your wife; she doctors the infant in private: you'll never have a quiet house or a quiet wife as long as that old Catamaran is here.
• 1808–10 , William Hickey , Memoirs of a Georgian Rake , Folio Society 1995, p. 90: Three or four strange-looking things now came close to our boat, which I understood were called ‘ catamarans ’, consisting of nothing more than two or three large trees, the trunk part only strongly lashed together, upon which sat two men nearly in a state of nature [ … ] .
• ( obsolete ) An old kind of fireship .
• ( twin-hulled ship or boat ) : twinhull , cat
• ( twin-hulled ship or boat ) : multihull
• ( twin-hulled ship or boat ) : AC45 , AC72

Coordinate terms

• outrigger canoe

Derived terms

• cat ( diminutive )

Related terms

Descendants.

• → Portuguese: catamarã

Translations

From Tamil கட்டு ( kaṭṭu , “ to tie ” ) +‎ மரம் ( maram , “ tree, wood ” ) .

• IPA ( key ) : /ka.ta.ma.ʁɑ̃/

• Homophone : catamarans

catamaran   m ( plural catamarans )

• catamaran , a twinhulled ship or boat

Further reading

• “ catamaran ”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [ Digitized Treasury of the French Language ] , 2012 .

Borrowed from English catamaran , from Tamil .

• ( Jersey ) catamaran

Borrowed from French catamaran .

catamaran   n ( plural catamarane )

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The first definition of catamaran in the dictionary is a sailing, or sometimes motored, vessel with twin hulls held parallel by a rigid framework. Other definition of catamaran is a primitive raft made of logs lashed together. Catamaran is also a quarrelsome woman.

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