different between watercraft vs surfboard

English

Etymology

water +? craft

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?w?t?k?æft/

Noun

watercraft (countable and uncountable, plural watercrafts or watercraft)

1. (countable and uncountable) Any vessel with implements designed to move it in arbitrary direction through one or various bodies of water – a boat, ship, sea scooter, or similar vehicle.
2. (uncountable, rare) Skill in boating, swimming, or other water-related sports.

Hyponyms

• See also Thesaurus:watercraft

Translations

English

Etymology

From surf +? board.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?s??f?b??d/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?s?f?b??d/

Noun

surfboard (plural surfboards)

1. A shaped waterproof plank, usually made of wood or foam and reinforced plastic, used to surf on waves.

Related terms

• funboard
• longboard
• shortboard
• soft surfboard
• surf
• surfer
• surfing
• wakeboard

Translations

See also

• fish
• foamie
• gun

Verb

surfboard (third-person singular simple present surfboards, present participle surfboarding, simple past and past participle surfboarded)

1. To use a surfboard; to surf.

Usage notes

• Not preferred by surfers, who would say "surf".
• Might be used to distinguish from body-surfing, riding waves without equipment.

Dutch

Alternative forms

• surfbord

Etymology

Borrowed from English surfboard.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?rf.b?rt/, /?s?rf.bo?rt/
• Hyphenation: surf?board

Noun

surfboard n (plural surfboards)

1. surfboard