ice yacht
- noun
- /aɪs jɑt/
- Specialized
:
yate de hielo
- The ice yacht glided smoothly over the frozen lake.
Examples
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The crew assembled their ice yacht on the frozen lake before setting sail.
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Racing enthusiasts gathered annually to compete with their sleek ice yachts.
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He described the exhilarating speed he experienced while piloting an ice yacht across the river.
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Many people enjoy racing ice yachts during the winter.
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The crew assembled their ice yacht on the frozen lake before setting sail.
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Racing enthusiasts gathered annually to compete with their sleek ice yachts.
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Many people enjoy racing ice yachts during the winter.
Synonyms
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3.3
A large boat or ship used for travel on water
2
3.7
A boat with sails that uses wind to move
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1.4
A small boat that uses sails to move and usually has one mast
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9.9
A sailing craft with runners that glides across ice
A small boat with runners and a sail that moves across frozen lakes
How Fast
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and transparently derived from combining 'ice' (a frozen surface) with 'yacht' (a boat), which clearly signals a boat adapted for travel on ice. Noun–noun compounding with a straightforward modifier is a regular, cross-linguistic pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both words would plausibly infer the intended referent.
Etymology
The noun ice yacht comes from joining ice and yacht: it is a yacht-like boat with runners like skates and a sail so it can move over frozen water. Picture a sleek boat on skates racing across a frozen lake, and you see why the name means 'a sailing craft made to travel on ice'.