sailboat
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1.1
- noun
- /ˈseɪlboʊt/
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- We spent the afternoon sailing on a sailboat in the calm waters of the bay.
But then a small sailboat came along and they pulled us to safety.
- But then a small sailboat came along and they pulled us to safety.
- It's beautiful New England town with a big harbor full of sailboats.
- Get a real Arctic experience and try living on a sailboat.
- We're sort of tacking like a sailboat got a little up, a little down, a little up, a little down.
- It's a cold called Paul Beaker, who is the, you know, if you know America's Cup, like the sailboat races in the Bay.
- So if you think of a sailboat, you have the boat, which.
- Not exactly how a pictured staying on a sailboat would be fun nonetheless.
- Documenting this traditional DAO construction in northern coast of Kent, Dow, which are sailboats.
Examples
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Although no one was hurt and none of the boats suffered damage, the sailboat Rapajam was fouled.
Academic text (2006) -
We've got all the sailboats over there and we've got just a gorgeous sunset.
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But then a small sailboat came along and they pulled us to safety.
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I went around the world in a sailboat once.
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l can tell you that he moved onto a sailboat at the Delta Marina last week.
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I've never actually been on a sailboat before.
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Tommy had been given a small sailboat for Christmas, and Rhett was teaching him to sail.
Fiction book (1991) -
The Heineken Regatta is the largest annual sailboat race in the Caribbean.
Academic text (2006) -
From the deck of his sailboat, Scott waved heartily, the sun glinting off his golden hair.
Fiction book (1997) -
Among their examples of means of transportation were train, canoe, skateboard, airplane, sailboat, and roller blades.
Academic text (2002)
Synonyms
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1.0
A small vehicle used on water to carry people, like a rowboat or motorboat
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3.3
A large boat or ship used for travel on water
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7.7
A small light boat for one person that you move with oars or a motor
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8.1
A small sailing boat with one mast
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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
A small sailboat with one mast near the front that carries one sail
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Morphology
Etymology
Sailboat is simply sail + boat; sail means 'a large piece of cloth that catches the wind' and boat means 'a small ship', so a sailboat is a boat moved by its sails.