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chaland — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • barge noun A large flat-bottomed boat used to carry heavy goods, typically on rivers or canals.
  • customer noun A person or business that buys goods or services from a seller.

Senses

chaland is used for these senses in English:

  • barge (watercraft) A large flat-bottomed towed or self-propelled boat used mainly for river and canal transport of heavy goods or bulk cargo.
  • customer (obsolete) A habitual patron, regular purchaser, returning client; a person or company who has a custom of buying from a particular business.
  • wherry A liquor made from the pulp of crab apples after the verjuice is extracted.

barge — full definition

  1. noun A large flat-bottomed boat used to carry heavy goods, typically on rivers or canals.
  2. verb To move clumsily or rudely, pushing through or into something.

customer — full definition

  1. noun A person or business that buys goods or services from a seller.
  2. noun Informal: a person, typically described with an adjective indicating their character.

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