: 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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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.
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Rebecca Cohen, NBC News, 29 Dec. 2024
Montage Laguna Beach Cruise into the holiday spirit aboard the Five-Star hotel’s eight-foot-tall gingerbread Hobie Cat sailboat.
—Spencer Whaley, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
In principle, information engines are sort of like sailboats.
—Zack Savitsky, Quanta Magazine, 13 Dec. 2024
Selfies with Santa on Mondays from 4-6 p.m. at his sailboat, located near Van Leeuwen Ice Cream at the 2nd & PCH mall.
—Marla Jo Fisher, Orange County Register, 2 Dec. 2024
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Rebecca Cohen, NBC News, 29 Dec. 2024
Montage Laguna Beach Cruise into the holiday spirit aboard the Five-Star hotel’s eight-foot-tall gingerbread Hobie Cat sailboat.
—Spencer Whaley, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
In principle, information engines are sort of like sailboats.
—Zack Savitsky, Quanta Magazine, 13 Dec. 2024
Selfies with Santa on Mondays from 4-6 p.m. at his sailboat, located near Van Leeuwen Ice Cream at the 2nd & PCH mall.
—Marla Jo Fisher, Orange County Register, 2 Dec. 2024
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“Sailboat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sailboat. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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sailboat
noun
sail·boat
ˈsā(ə)l-ˌbōt 
: a boat equipped with sails
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