SLOOP Synonyms

• a small vessel for travel on water

• a dish (often boat-shaped) for serving gravy or sauce

• ride in a boat on water

• two-masted sailing vessel square-rigged on both masts

• a penal institution (especially on board a ship)

• a car in which policemen cruise the streets; equipped with radiotelephonic communications to headquarters

• a large fast warship; smaller than a battleship and larger than a destroyer

• a large motorboat that has a cabin and plumbing and other conveniences necessary for living on board

• someone who cuts or carves stone

• someone who carves the meat

• someone whose work is cutting (as e.g. cutting cloth for garments)

• a boat for communication between ship and shore

• a sailing vessel with a single mast set further back than the mast of a sloop

• a cutting implement; a tool for cutting

• a small boat of shallow draft with cross thwarts for seats and rowlocks for oars with which it is propelled

• a large square-rigged sailing ship with three or more masts; used by the Spanish for commerce and war from the 15th to 18th centuries

• river boat with a shallow draught and a keel but no sails; used to carry freight; moved by rowing or punting or towing

• a sailing vessel with two masts; the mizzen is forward of the rudderpost

• a vessel that carries passengers or freight

• transport commercially

• hire for work on a ship

• go on board

• travel by ship

• place on board a ship

• any of various small boats propelled by oars or by sails or by a motor

• an expensive vessel propelled by sail or power and used for cruising or racing

• travel in a yacht