barges

Synonyms

minibar flatboat stowaway push forward wherry clumps tiptoes foots boxcars

Antonyms

ballast remains

Phrases with the word

boat to pull barges boat to push barges boat used to push barges barges in boat designed to push barges boat used to pull barges

Examples

A 10-member team from India’s coast guard arrived in Mauritius on Sunday with 28 tonnes of equipment including booms, barges and skimmers. Source: Internet

A failure to achieve air superiority forced Japan to rely on reinforcement by barges, destroyers, and submarines, with very uneven results. Source: Internet

All cargoes heading upstream had to be off-loaded from the bigger barges, carried to the other side of the bridge, and reloaded into the smaller barges. Source: Internet

A large number of barges were adapted as the proposed invasion fleet, but Sea Lion was postponed indefinitely on 17 September 1940 and never carried out. Source: Internet

All the regular ferries were quickly destroyed by the Luftwaffe, which then targeted troop barges being towed slowly across the river by tugs. Source: Internet

As gunboats they could be effective against enemy small craft, especially armored barges used by the Japanese for inter-island transport. Source: Internet