: a boat usually propelled by sail
Examples of sailboat in a Sentence
we were stuck in the sailboat for an hour until the wind came up and we could move again
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Most summer and fall weekends, my family raced sailboats in different places around the bay.
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The Editors, Outside Online, 25 Dec. 2024
Large sailboats ferrying immigrants from Europe to New York at the turn of the 19th century were replaced by the new technology of steamships within 15 years.
—IEEE Spectrum, 11 Dec. 2024
Our deckhands are Keith from Melbourne, who’s worked on smaller sailboats for five years, and Emma, who has only been in yachting for a year.
—Emma Soren, Vulture, 8 Oct. 2024
Video from Friday shows massive waves rolling over sailboats, swallowing jet skis and crashing into the coast as onlookers scramble away from the rushing water.
—Rebecca Cohen, NBC News, 29 Dec. 2024
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The Editors, Outside Online, 25 Dec. 2024
Large sailboats ferrying immigrants from Europe to New York at the turn of the 19th century were replaced by the new technology of steamships within 15 years.
—IEEE Spectrum, 11 Dec. 2024
Our deckhands are Keith from Melbourne, who’s worked on smaller sailboats for five years, and Emma, who has only been in yachting for a year.
—Emma Soren, Vulture, 8 Oct. 2024
Video from Friday shows massive waves rolling over sailboats, swallowing jet skis and crashing into the coast as onlookers scramble away from the rushing water.
—Rebecca Cohen, NBC News, 29 Dec. 2024
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“Sailboat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sailboat. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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sailboat
noun
sail·boat
ˈsā(ə)l-ˌbōt 
: a boat equipped with sails
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