as in yachts
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
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Recent Examples of sailboats
Deep navy blue and burgundy fabrics cover the walls, and paintings of seascapes and sailboats evoke the East Coast town of the restaurant’s name.
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Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 29 Dec. 2025
Another image has small sailboats pulled onto a shore near one of the docks Martin plans to build for a new marina there.
—Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 13 Nov. 2025
Visitors can slip into a cozy seersucker robe and watch sailboats drift by while sipping a cocktail.
—Gabi De La Rosa, Southern Living, 7 Nov. 2025
Grand Residences Riviera Cancun Puerto Morelos, Mexico With swimming pools, a sandy beach, and kayaks and sailboats, active families can have fun in or on the water at Grand Residences Riviera Cancun.
—Allison Tibaldi, USA Today, 27 Sep. 2025
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.
—Jeryl Brunner, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
This Versailles-meets-surrealism palace hotel is set on the doorstep of the Tuileries Garden, where hotel staff can arrange for carousel rides and loaner toy sailboats.
—Elissa Garay, AFAR Media, 3 Sep. 2025
These ten red clay courts nestled in Riverside Park are fairly idyllic with unusually handsome plantings, friendly volunteers, and sailboats bobbing on the water nearby.
—David Shaftel, Curbed, 26 Aug. 2025
The dining room’s glass walls look onto sailboats bobbing in the marina as the sun sets over the Atlantic.
—Seth Sherwood, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sailboats
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The back of the home stretches along 105 feet of water frontage, where there’s a deep-water dock for large yachts and a 50,000-pound boat lift.—
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Things To Do Go To Bayfront Park Take a morning bike ride or stroll along Bayfront Park, which juts out towards the water and borders a marina of yachts and power boats.—
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Back on the bridge, captain Nærbø steers the Polaris through the same fjords Norwegian ships have navigated for generations.—
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From Carthage there were easily predicted currents and visible land that carried ships from Carthage to Sicily in the best sailing months.—
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Japan has long banned arms exports but has significantly eased restrictions in recent years and is now developing next-generation fighter jets with the UK and Italy while finalizing a deal to sell frigates to Australia.—
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Destroyers, frigates, fighter jets and bombers also carried out simulated strikes on maritime targets.—
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Golden mussels clog the thruster and decorate the underside of his dinghies.—
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Dozens have died in recent years trying to cross one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes in overcrowded dinghies.—
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“Sailboats.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sailboats. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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