boatlift (plural boatlifts)
The (often clandestine) transportation of a large number of people or amount of goods by boat, especially an exodus of people.
(also boat lift) A mechanism for lifting boats from the water, or between water on different elevations.
boatlift (third-person singular simple present boatlifts, present participle boatlifting, simple past and past participle boatlifted)
(transitive) To transport (a large exodus of people, etc.) by boat.
Source: Wiktionary
13 June 2025
(noun) an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets; “the flight was delayed due to trouble with the airplane”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
