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sailboat

Entry Word:: sailboat
Function:: noun

Text: a boat equipped with one or more sails<we were stuck in the sailboat for an hour until the wind came up and we could move again>Synonymsbark, dinghy, windjammerRelated Wordsbrigantine, caravel, catboat, clipper, corvette, cutter, frigate, galleon, galley, junk, ketch, lugger, outrigger, pinnace, schooner, shallop, ship, sloop, square-rigger, xebec, yacht, yawl; bottom, craft, vessel

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