Meaning

7 senses
  1. A large flat-bottomed towed or self-propelled boat used mainly for river and canal transport of heavy goods or bulk cargo.

    Lastkahn, Schleppkahn

    ба́ржаbárža, ба́ркаbárka

    ба́ржаbárža

  2. A richly decorated ceremonial state vessel propelled by rowers for river processions.

  3. A large flat-bottomed coastal trading vessel having a large spritsail and jib-headed topsail, a fore staysail and a very small mizen, and having leeboards instead of a keel.

    ба́ркаbárka, барка́сbarkás

  4. One of the boats of a warship having fourteen oars

  5. The wooden disk in which bread or biscuit is placed on a mess table.

  6. (US, historical)A double-decked passenger or freight vessel, towed by a steamboat.

  7. (US, dated, dialectal, historical)A large bus used for excursions.

More definitions
  • a flatbottom boat for carrying heavy loads (especially on canals)

Examples

59 sentences
  1. Tom barged into the room.

    Том вломився до кімнати.

    ruТом ворвался в комнату.

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  2. Tom barged through the front door.

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  3. Tom suddenly barged into the room.

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  4. Excuse me for barging in like this.

    ruПростите, что я так врываюсь.

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  5. I saw several barges floating down the river.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
flat-bottomed bulk carrier mainly for inland waters:
Русский
By meaning 2
flat-bottomed bulk carrier mainly for inland waters:
coastal trading vessel:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
flat-bottomed bulk carrier mainly for inland waters:

Origin

From Middle English barge, borrowed from Old French barge (“boat”), from Vulgar Latin *bar

From Middle English barge, borrowed from Old French barge (“boat”), from Vulgar Latin *barga, a variant of Late Latin barca, a regular syncope of Vulgar Latin *barica, from Classical Latin bāris, from Ancient Greek βᾶρις (bâris, “Egyptian boat”), from Coptic ⲃⲁⲁⲣⲉ (baare, “small boat”), from Demotic Egyptian br, from Egyptian bꜣjrb-bA-A-y:r*Z1-P1 (“transport ship”). Doublet of bark, barque and baris.

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