: 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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The officer posed as someone with a sailboat brokerage business who could bring boats back and forth between Canada and the Caribbean.
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Jesse Hyde, Rolling Stone, 4 Jan. 2025
Out of thin air, the generative AI suddenly advised me to chuck my investments and buy a sailboat.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
In severe cases, the stranded are brought aboard the sailboat.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
The pair had apparently gone missing a few hours earlier from a 34-foot sailboat in the channel between Catalina Island and the mainland, according to a news release from the Coast Guard.
—Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 16 Feb. 2025
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Jesse Hyde, Rolling Stone, 4 Jan. 2025
Out of thin air, the generative AI suddenly advised me to chuck my investments and buy a sailboat.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
In severe cases, the stranded are brought aboard the sailboat.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
The pair had apparently gone missing a few hours earlier from a 34-foot sailboat in the channel between Catalina Island and the mainland, according to a news release from the Coast Guard.
—Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 16 Feb. 2025
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“Sailboat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sailboat. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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sailboat
noun
sail·boat
ˈsā(ə)l-ˌbōt 
: a boat equipped with sails
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