: 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 Lands’ End brand, which started in Chicago in 1963 as a sailboat equipment catalog, was spun off in 2014.
2022: Monty, one half of a pair of beloved piping plovers that spent several summers along the Lake Michigan shoreline in Chicago, died at Montrose Beach, officials said.
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Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 13 May 2025
Also: The living room’s sailboat painting and a Krusty Burger ad is on the TV screen.
—Michael Schneider, Variety, 13 May 2025
The third ship, a destroyer, on Sunday provided an escort to a Chinese sailboat in the Gulf of Aden, the Chinese navy said.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Apr. 2025
For more than 19 years, Willy would slap a huge wing against the hull of Terry’s sailboat and Terry would gear up in SCUBA and climb onto Willy’s back.
—Katcy Stephan, Variety, 16 Apr. 2025
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Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 13 May 2025
Also: The living room’s sailboat painting and a Krusty Burger ad is on the TV screen.
—Michael Schneider, Variety, 13 May 2025
The third ship, a destroyer, on Sunday provided an escort to a Chinese sailboat in the Gulf of Aden, the Chinese navy said.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Apr. 2025
For more than 19 years, Willy would slap a huge wing against the hull of Terry’s sailboat and Terry would gear up in SCUBA and climb onto Willy’s back.
—Katcy Stephan, Variety, 16 Apr. 2025
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“Sailboat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sailboat. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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sailboat
noun
sail·boat
ˈsā(ə)l-ˌbōt 
: a boat equipped with sails
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