scow
Blunt cargo vessel
A scow is a flat-bottomed boat with a blunt bow, used for hauling freight, dredging, or other heavy work in shallow waters.
Scows lack the streamlined hull of conventional boats, built instead for stability and cargo capacity: The garbage scow sat low in the harbor.
The word sometimes appears figuratively for anything ungainly or barge-like.
Flat freight vessel
- flatboatLevel-bottomed river craft
- lighterComparative of not heavy
- pontoonBuoyant platform or vessel
- ferryVessel for scheduled crossings
houseboat · raft · dinghy · skiff · dory · keelboat · bateau · punt
Goods being transported
- bulkMain mass or size
- gravelLoose small rock fragments
- sandFine rock particles
- coalCombustible sedimentary rock
ore · garbage · refuse · waste · dredge · hauling · loading · transport
Displeasing to look at
- clumsyLacking physical coordination
- tubOpen washing basin
- hulkMassive body or shell
- ungainlyLacking ease of movement
lumbering · wallowing · unwieldy · sluggish · homely · graceless
barge
Flat freight vessel
ferry · houseboat · raft · dinghy · skiff · dory · keelboat · bateau · punt · johnboat
freight
Goods being transported
coal · ore · garbage · refuse · waste · dredge · hauling · loading · transport · commodities
ugly
Displeasing to look at
ungainly · lumbering · wallowing · unwieldy · sluggish · homely · graceless
deck
Ship's flat surface
- platformRaised flat structure
- hullOuter covering or frame
- flat-bottomedWith horizontal base
gunwale · beam · hold · transom · bilge · keel · planking · freeboard · draft
estuary
Tidal mixing zone
waterway · canal · inlet · delta · dock · wharf · quay · mooring · anchorage · slipway
- boatsboat, ship, canoe, kayak, yacht
- watercraftboat, sailboat, kayak, canoe, ships
- flat-bottomed boatsflatboat, jon boat, johnboat, punt, barge
- Workboatsworkboat, tugboat, tug, towboat, pusher
- Chesapeake boatsskipjack, bugeye, dovetail
- freight transportfreight train, freight car, cargo ship, container, cargo plane
scowyacht
Large pleasure vessel
clipper ship · racing yacht · luxury liner · ocean liner · sailing yacht
scowsailboat
Wind-propelled watercraft
sailing vessel · clipper · windjammer · schooner · ketch
scowspeedboat
Fast motorized watercraft
racing boat · hydrofoil · cigarette boat · racing shell · clipper ship