: a boat usually propelled by sail
Examples of sailboat in a Sentence
we were stuck in the sailboat for an hour until the wind came up and we could move again
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Ali Ahn never expected to be doing one of the most important auditions of her career from the galley of a sailboat.
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Leigh Nordstrom, WWD, 5 Nov. 2024
The crew arrived in the nick of time because the man's sailboat became disabled and began taking on water off the Florida coast in Sanibel Island.
—Jonathan Limehouse, USA TODAY, 29 Oct. 2024
This is not a forgiving environment for a sailboat.
—Cullen Murphy, The Atlantic, 11 Oct. 2024
There are plenty of people walking and cycling along the corniche in the Neve Tzedek neighborhood, and several sailboats and paddle boarders are out in the ocean.
—NBC News, 29 Sep. 2024
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Leigh Nordstrom, WWD, 5 Nov. 2024
The crew arrived in the nick of time because the man's sailboat became disabled and began taking on water off the Florida coast in Sanibel Island.
—Jonathan Limehouse, USA TODAY, 29 Oct. 2024
This is not a forgiving environment for a sailboat.
—Cullen Murphy, The Atlantic, 11 Oct. 2024
There are plenty of people walking and cycling along the corniche in the Neve Tzedek neighborhood, and several sailboats and paddle boarders are out in the ocean.
—NBC News, 29 Sep. 2024
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“Sailboat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sailboat. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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sailboat
noun
sail·boat
ˈsā(ə)l-ˌbōt 
: a boat equipped with sails
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