schooner
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9.3
- noun
- /ˈskuːnər/
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- In the early 1800s, the oyster fleet was made up of schooners and sloops.
- prairie schooner
- sloops and schooners
- oyster schooner
Elizabeth's own great grandfather had gone down with all hands on a W Indies schooner off Sable Island shores.
- Elizabeth's own great grandfather had gone down with all hands on a W Indies schooner off Sable Island shores.
Examples
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The fog is so thick that only the masts of the schooners can be seen, poking out of the gloom.
Fiction book (1993) -
As a child, I was home-schooled on an old schooner in various anchorages along the Gulf Coast of Florida.
Academic text (1997) -
I was a cook on a schooner.
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A steam schooner, just the kind I like to feel under me.
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Forty eight hundred dollars and a 50 foot schooner, how could we resist?
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He's working on the schooner there.
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I was working on the schooner and decided to add a little length to the bowsprit.
Fiction book (1995) -
Abandoned schooner off the starboard bow.
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Within weeks, he and several other men from Charles Town purchased the newly built coasting schooner Georgia-Packet.
Academic text (2007) -
The old schooner sailed gracefully across the calm waters of the bay.
Synonyms
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1.0
A large boat that carries people or goods across the sea
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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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2.9
A large ship moved by sails, usually with more than one mast
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3.7
A boat with sails that uses wind to move
Compounds
- Archaic
A large covered wagon used by early settlers to travel across the prairies
How Big
Surface Forms
Etymology
Schooner probably comes from a sailors' word like schoon, which meant 'to skim' or move quickly over the water, so a schooner was a slim, fast sailing ship that seemed to 'skim' the sea.