Barge is a noun meaning a flat-bottomed craft used for transporting heavy goods on rivers and canals. It can also refer to a large, blunt vessel or, in metaphorical use, a large, unwieldy person or thing. In everyday language, it often appears in contexts related to shipping, waterways, or nautical topics; the word carries a practical, workaday connotation. The pronunciation centers on the single stressed syllable with a long “a” vowel and a final soft “j”-like sound.
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