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canoenoun [ C ]

uk ​ /kəˈnuː/ us ​ /kəˈnuː/

canoeverb [ I usually + adv/prep ]

uk ​ /kəˈnuː/ us ​ /kəˈnuː/ present participle canoeing, past tense and past participle canoed
canoeing
noun [ U ] uk ​ /kəˈnuː.ɪŋ/ us ​ /kəˈnuː.ɪŋ/

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They died in a canoeing accident.
canoeist
noun [ C ] uk ​ /kəˈnuː.ɪst/ us ​ /kəˈnuː.ɪst/

› a person travelling in a canoe

(Definition of “canoe” from the Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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canoenoun [ C ]

us ​ /kəˈnu/

› a small, light, narrow boat, pointed at both ends and moved by a person using a paddle (= a stick with a wide, flat end)

canoe
verb [ I always + adv/prep ] us ​ /kəˈnu/ present participle canoeing, past tense and past participle canoed

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They canoed across the lake.

(Definition of “canoe” from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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