: 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 operator simply could not stop in time, nor move out the sailboat’s way, attorney Lorenzo Palomares said following the Coast Guard’s announcement on its investigation.
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David Goodhue
october 31, Miami Herald, 31 Oct. 2025
The singer-songwriter was somewhere in the eastern Mediterranean sea on a sailboat last week when the 10-person crew decided to play some music.
—Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 10 Oct. 2025
My partner & our three pets have lived aboard this 45 year old sailboat for eight years traveling full time around the world.
—Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
Four Mexican nationals, including a 17-year-old girl, were taken into custody off a 36-foot sailboat in Mission Bay on Saturday morning, Coast Guard officials said.
—Jemma Stephenson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Sep. 2025
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David Goodhue
october 31, Miami Herald, 31 Oct. 2025
The singer-songwriter was somewhere in the eastern Mediterranean sea on a sailboat last week when the 10-person crew decided to play some music.
—Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 10 Oct. 2025
My partner & our three pets have lived aboard this 45 year old sailboat for eight years traveling full time around the world.
—Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
Four Mexican nationals, including a 17-year-old girl, were taken into custody off a 36-foot sailboat in Mission Bay on Saturday morning, Coast Guard officials said.
—Jemma Stephenson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Sep. 2025
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“Sailboat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sailboat. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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sailboat
noun
sail·boat
ˈsā(ə)l-ˌbōt 
: a boat equipped with sails
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