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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
Someone with whom one shares a boat, or with whom one works on a boat..
"It was of no use for him to prate about injustice." He smiled around and then closed up his mouth for the rest of the voyage, leaving his boat-mates with much to think about.
Use boatmate when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Boatmate means Someone with whom one shares a boat, or with whom one works on a boat..
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The opposite depends on the specific sense.
"It was of no use for him to prate about injustice." He smiled around and then closed up his mouth for the rest of the voyage, leaving his boat-mates with much to think about.
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