as in yacht
a boat equipped with one or more sails
we were stuck in the sailboat for an hour until the wind came up and we could move again
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Recent Examples of sailboat
Her crew of 14 had been at sea for weeks aboard an open-air, double-hulled sailboat.
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Brianna Randall, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
The two of them stuck on a tiny sailboat in the middle of the ocean sounds like the start of a horror movie.
—Emma Soren, Vulture, 28 Jan. 2025
There’s the chance to take part in a family football match with local children and explore the river on a traditional felucca sailboat.
—Kerry Spencer, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Dec. 2024
The officer posed as someone with a sailboat brokerage business who could bring boats back and forth between Canada and the Caribbean.
—Jesse Hyde, Rolling Stone, 4 Jan. 2025
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Brianna Randall, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
The two of them stuck on a tiny sailboat in the middle of the ocean sounds like the start of a horror movie.
—Emma Soren, Vulture, 28 Jan. 2025
There’s the chance to take part in a family football match with local children and explore the river on a traditional felucca sailboat.
—Kerry Spencer, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Dec. 2024
The officer posed as someone with a sailboat brokerage business who could bring boats back and forth between Canada and the Caribbean.
—Jesse Hyde, Rolling Stone, 4 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sailboat
Noun
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Highlights From The Palm Beach International Boat Show The Palm Beach International Boat Show (which runs from March 19 to 23) is one of the marquee events on the superyacht circuit—with more than $2 billion worth of yachts over 82 feet for sale and plenty of boats that can be chartered.—
Passport by ForbesLife,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
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And for Rihanna, this means tying her hair up with a scarf on a yacht in Barbados.—
India Espy-Jones,
Essence,
20 Mar. 2025
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The strikes come amid a new, dangerous cycle of escalation in the Middle East in which Ansar Allah has resumed its long-range offensive against Israel and ships navigating the Red Sea and surrounding waters.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
21 Mar. 2025
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The Battlestar Galactica, an ancient starship that had been decommissioned, is the only ship to survive the attack.—
Meg Walters,
Glamour,
21 Mar. 2025
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Renamed Magic Circle, Guthrie’s schooner became a lowly minesweeper along the Scottish coast.—
Tristan Rutherford,
Robb Report,
3 Jan. 2025
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That same weekend, to celebrate Juneteenth, a replica of the historic schooner Amistad—that became famous after a group of enslaved Africans led a successful revolt—will drop anchor in Oak Bluffs and offer free public tours (June 16-19).—
Todd Plummer,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 June 2023
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In the Caribbean, wandering yachtsmen on sloops and catamarans know these masts well.—
Joe Sills,
Forbes,
19 Jan. 2025
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To ensure Blackbeard was neutralized, Spotswood gave Robert Maynard, an officer in the Royal Navy, control of 60 men and two sloops—small sailboats that lacked cannons but could pursue Blackbeard in the narrow inlets and shallows of the coast.—
Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
22 Nov. 2024
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In one of the most memorable finale scenes, Tanya kills everyone on the yacht and then falls to her death trying to get on a dinghy.—
Bryan Alexander,
USA TODAY,
9 Mar. 2025
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Domingo Trujillo, captain of the agency's rescue vessel, told broadcaster TVE that rescuers had been aware that a pregnant woman was on the dinghy.—
Chantal Da Silva,
NBC News,
9 Jan. 2025
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The interaction reportedly focused on basic operations such as communications and refueling, and involved roughly half a dozen vessels from each side, including supply ships and frigates.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
21 Mar. 2025
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Collins added that the ships were currently about 280 nautical miles east of Tasmania and had slightly changed their formations, while being closely monitored by a New Zealand navy frigate.—
Nectar Gan,
CNN,
24 Feb. 2025
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“Sailboat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sailboat. Accessed 5 Apr. 2025.
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