fast boat

collocation in English

meaningsoffastandboat

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fast
adjective
uk
/fɑːst/us
/fæst/
moving or happening quickly, or able to move or ...
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boat
noun[C]
uk
/bəʊt/us
/boʊt/
a small vehicle for travelling ...
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(Definition offastandboatfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffast boat

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If you do not put your mails across in afastboat, you will lose all your mail contracts, and that is a very vital question.
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The smallfastboatslipped through the formation and dropped a large explosive charge close aboard.
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Instead, afastboatserves tourists back and forth between cruises and the port.
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This was afastboatthat could be sailed with few hands.
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Discussions were held recently on the need to tackle the activities of fast boats.
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Does he realise that the best security for these fast boats is aircraft?
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They will shortly introduce legislation to ban fast boats.
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Fast boats armed with torpedoes were built and called torpedo boats.
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Now it is also used in shore bombardment and surface actions against fast boats.
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According to one manufacturer, a key to making fast boats easier to sail than slow boats is the "fractional rig".
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Their design produced very fast boats that became invaluable to herring fishing fleets.
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It was to examine the implications a large attack by small, fast boats would have on a large warship and research how the threat could be reduced.
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They were very fast boats, with a top underwater speed of around 26.5 knots for period up to 3 hours and 12 knots for 15 hours on one turbine.
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