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
In addition to serving time, he was also ordered to pay a criminal forfeiture of $5 million, which included $100,000 in gold and silver coins, a Porsche Panamera, two Range Rovers, luxury watches, homes in Costa Rica, Peru and Cabo San Lucas and a sailboat.
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Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025
Set along the shoreline of Cap d’Antibes, the restaurant features a dreamy panorama of the Mediterranean with sailboats gliding past the bay, and the Esterel Mountains rising in the distance.
—Jeryl Brunner, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
After a stint in jail, Kennedy, a Navy veteran, uprooted his life and moved into a sailboat anchored in the Sea of Cortez in the 1980s.
—Addie Morfoot, Variety, 15 Sep. 2025
It’s sort of based on a sailboat.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 4 Sep. 2025
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Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025
Set along the shoreline of Cap d’Antibes, the restaurant features a dreamy panorama of the Mediterranean with sailboats gliding past the bay, and the Esterel Mountains rising in the distance.
—Jeryl Brunner, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
After a stint in jail, Kennedy, a Navy veteran, uprooted his life and moved into a sailboat anchored in the Sea of Cortez in the 1980s.
—Addie Morfoot, Variety, 15 Sep. 2025
It’s sort of based on a sailboat.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 4 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sailboat
Noun
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The yacht, currently under build, will be completed next summer.—
Michael Verdon,
Robb Report,
22 Oct. 2025
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There are no overwater bungalows here, no party yachts crowding the reefs.—
Shelby Stewart,
Essence,
22 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Moscow has been accused of hybrid warfare measures in the region; German media outlet Kieler Nachrichten reported Thursday that the Russian amphibious Ropucha-class landing ship Aleksandr Shabalin anchored off the German coast and blocked a key shipping route between the Baltic and the North Seas.—
Brendan Cole,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
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That research, for example, recently discovered a survivor of the 1912 Titanic disaster was – by sheer chance – buried within feet of a man who worked on the ship that rescued her.—
Chris Kenning,
USA Today,
25 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The Dash was a privateer schooner that vanished in 1815 and soon entered local legend as a ghost ship.—
Leanna Renee Hieber,
Big Think,
2 Oct. 2025
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Researchers discovered a schooner that sank in Lake Michigan 140 years ago, ending decades of searches for the elusive ghost ship.—
Staff,
FOXNews.com,
30 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Inspired by the original 1926 Q Class sloop, known as Q7 Falcon, aka Lively Lady, which Peter sails regularly around San Diego.—
Kathleen Turner,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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From Ocean Swell to Living-Room Calm Industrial designer Roey Pan sketched the first arc aboard a 27-ft sloop, tracing the way a mainsail breathes with the wind.—
Malana VanTyler,
USA Today,
23 Aug. 2025
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Dozens have died in recent years trying to cross one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes in overcrowded dinghies.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
28 Sep. 2025
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An additional autonomous dinghy could serve as the above water collection point.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
23 Sep. 2025
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Shortly before Annual Exercise, the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force deployed three vessels, including a submarine, for an exercise with the Indian frigate in waters west of Kyushu, Japan's southernmost main island, on October 16 and 17.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Oct. 2025
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In 1699, the French frigate Maurepas sinks off the coast of an uninhabited part of Panama, taking with it a load full of gold, silver and jewels gifted from Charles II of Spain to King Louis XIV of France.—
Chrissie McClatchie,
Robb Report,
20 Oct. 2025
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“Sailboat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sailboat. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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