: 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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Set along the shoreline of Cap d’Antibes, the restaurant features a dreamy panorama of the Mediterranean with sailboats gliding past the bay, and the Esterel Mountains rising in the distance.
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Jeryl Brunner, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
According to the National Maritime Authority of Portugal, one involved a sailboat off Fonte da Telha beach.
—Ramon Padilla, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2025
After a stint in jail, Kennedy, a Navy veteran, uprooted his life and moved into a sailboat anchored in the Sea of Cortez in the 1980s.
—Addie Morfoot, Variety, 15 Sep. 2025
Set free sailboats in Coconut Grove.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 10 Sep. 2025
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Jeryl Brunner, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
According to the National Maritime Authority of Portugal, one involved a sailboat off Fonte da Telha beach.
—Ramon Padilla, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2025
After a stint in jail, Kennedy, a Navy veteran, uprooted his life and moved into a sailboat anchored in the Sea of Cortez in the 1980s.
—Addie Morfoot, Variety, 15 Sep. 2025
Set free sailboats in Coconut Grove.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 10 Sep. 2025
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“Sailboat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sailboat. Accessed 23 Sep. 2025.
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sailboat
noun
sail·boat
ˈsā(ə)l-ˌbōt 
: a boat equipped with sails
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