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galley

noun

Definition of galley

as in yacht

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Recent Examples of galley Besides losing the ability to maneuver on its own, the almost 10,000-ton warship saw its galley services, toilets, air conditioning and potable water impacted, Comer said. — Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 17 Aug. 2026 Our weekly staff meeting looked like the galley between races at OTB — one person’s in a suit, another is in yesterday’s clothes and hasn’t been to bed. — Jeff Rabhan, Rolling Stone, 14 Aug. 2026 On cold-weather cruises like mine, the event switches to a galley lunch, with buffet tables positioned throughout Amphora’s kitchen area. — Erica Silverstein, Travel + Leisure, 4 Aug. 2026 About 20 minutes north of Denver, this 1955 ranch home has a chalet studio ADU with a bed nook, a pass-through galley kitchen, laundry, and a deck. — The Week Us, TheWeek, 27 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for galley

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Noun

The yacht will be transported from Royal Huisman’s newbuild facility in Vollenhove to the shipyard’s deepwater location near Amsterdam in November, where she will be launched before the stepping of her towering Rondal carbon mast and matching boom.

— Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 25 Sep. 2026
Co-starring Madelyn Cline and Penélope Cruz, the film from director Marc Webb revolves around a private-yacht bartender (Cline) who encounters a mysterious, onboard guest (Depp).

— Matt Grobar, Deadline, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of yacht

Noun

The new 280-footer, currently known as Project 410, will become the world’s largest sloop upon launch.

— Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 25 Sep. 2026
Sailing aboard a 30-foot sloop on Acapulco Bay, Henry Kissinger kept a protective arm around his new wife, as a motorboat filled with the press corps followed.

— Robert D. Mcfadden, Chicago Tribune, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of sloop

Noun

As the Michigan reached the rapids, the old schooner crashed against the rocks, snapping its masts as water rushed into the hull.

— Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2026
In 1861, the first naval engagement since the start of the Civil War took place as the USS Colorado attacked and sank the Confederate private schooner Judah off the coast of Pensacola, Florida.

— ABC News, ABC News, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of schooner

Noun

Specializing in high-performance, high-strength boats, SŌLACE uses vacuum infusion and catamaran-hull manufacturing techniques that complement MARTAC’s methods to produce its Devil Ray and MANTAS USVs, as per an announcement.

— Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 20 Sep. 2026
British builder Oyster Yachts revealed plans for its first bluewater sailing catamaran, the Oyster C60, while Pearl Yachts unveiled the Pearl 73, exterior designed by Dixon Yacht Design with interiors by Kelly Hoppen.

— Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of catamaran

Noun

With a devastating combination of cutters, sinkers and fastballs, the young right-hander has racked up 234 strikeouts, third in the AL behind Cleveland Guardians ace Gavin Williams (244) and likely Cy Young runner-up Dylan Cease (239).

— Ryan Canfield OutKick, FOXNews.com, 24 Sep. 2026
With a four-seamer, a cutter and a sinker, Schlittler throws some variation of a fastball roughly 90% of the time, making his rise all the more impressive and unique.

— Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of cutter

Noun

Those platforms include destroyers, aircraft carriers, amphibious ships, and frigates.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 24 Sep. 2026
In a separate incident Tuesday, Denmark said a Russian frigate fired flares toward a Danish military helicopter conducting routine surveillance over the Baltic Sea.

— Bradford Betz, FOXNews.com, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of frigate

Noun

The Continental brigantine Andrew Doria arrived carrying a copy of the Declaration of Independence and flying the Continental Colors – the predecessor of the stars and stripes.

— R. Grant Gilmore III, The Conversation, 30 June 2026
On December 4, 1872, sailors aboard the Canadian brigantine Dei Gratia spotted a ship named the Mary Celeste in the distance.

— Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Dec. 2024

Definition of brigantine

Noun

Merchant galleons coursing into the port of Caldera would be groaning with cacao, tobacco, livestock and hardwoods, transported down by mule from the transit hub of Esparza in the mountain basin above.

— Donna Hardie-Scott, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
The Atocha, a Spanish treasure galleon, sank in a hurricane off the Florida Keys in 1622 while carrying silver, gold and emeralds.

— Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 14 July 2026

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