sailing vessel
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3.7
- noun
- /ˈseɪlɪŋ ˈvɛsəl/
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embarcación de vela
- The captain skillfully navigated the sailing vessel using only the wind for propulsion.
I was lucky enough to get a colleague's cruise on one of their sailing vessels couple years ago.
- I was lucky enough to get a colleague's cruise on one of their sailing vessels couple years ago.
Examples
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We took a tour on a beautiful sailing vessel that had three large masts and colorful sails.
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Look at any proper sailing vessel.
Blog text (8) -
This is the most technologically advanced sailing vessel on the water today.
Fiction book (1998) -
Aboard the sailing vessel Alethia.
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We're a 32-foot sailing vessel, Mistral.
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With the perpetual aid fund, we were able to book passage on the sailing vessel the "Charles Thornton."
Blog text (6) -
Conversely, he would never have had to face his awful temptation aboard an English sailing vessel such as Conrad conceived it.
Academic text (2000) -
Some children drew pioneers meeting Aborigines, sailing vessels, and slab huts.
Academic text (1995) -
A third of all Norwegians who emigrated to the United States in 1871 still shipped out on a Norwegian sailing vessel, but only four years later not a single direct emigrant ship left a Norwegian port.
Academic text (1993) -
The tall, majestic sailing vessel glided smoothly through the water as the sun set on the horizon.
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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1.1
A small boat that moves by wind using sails
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6.1
A small fast boat often with sails, used to carry people or messages
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9.3
A sailing ship with two or more masts and a shorter front mast
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2.9
A large ship moved by sails, usually with more than one mast
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8.1
A small sailing boat with one mast
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3.9
A boat or ship that carries people and things on water
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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 large sailing ship with several masts and square sails
A small sailboat with one mast near the front that carries one sail
A large armed ship that uses sails and carries heavy guns before the mid 1800s
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and transparently built from 'sailing' (relating to travel by sail/propelled by sails) + 'vessel' (a boat or ship). This is a regular attributive noun construction found across languages, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will readily infer 'sailing vessel' as a boat or ship powered by sails.
Etymology
The noun sailing vessel comes from a simple picture: a vessel (a ship) with big pieces of cloth called 'sails' that the wind fills as part of sailing, pushing the ship forward. So it means 'a boat or ship moved by sails and the wind'.