boathook (plural boathooks)
A hook attached to a pole used for pulling or pushing boats, rafts, logs or other objects to or from the side of a boat.
Synonyms: setting-pole, gaff, setter, pole-hook, hitcher
(by extension) A pole or rod with such a hook at one end.
Source: Wiktionary
22 February 2025
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
