noun
canoe
kuh-NOO
noun
1
A narrow boat, pointed at both ends, propelled with single-bladed paddles.
"They paddled the canoe quietly across the still lake."
"We rented a canoe for the afternoon and explored the river bends."
verb
1
To travel by canoe.
"They canoed down the river for three days."
How to Use Canoe
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA narrow paddle-powered boat, or to travel in one.
Common pairings
paddle a canoe
canoe trip
go canoeing
Word Forms
canoed past tense, canoes plural, canoes singular
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Etymology
Adopted in the 1500s from Spanish canoa, from an Indigenous Caribbean (Taíno) word for a dugout boat.