SAILBOAT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sailboat mean? 

• SAILBOAT (noun)
  The noun SAILBOAT has 1 sense:

1. a small sailing vessel; usually with a single mast

  Familiarity information: SAILBOAT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SAILBOAT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A small sailing vessel; usually with a single mast

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

sailboat; sailing boat

Hypernyms ("sailboat" is a kind of...):

sailing ship; sailing vessel (a vessel that is powered by the wind; often having several masts)

Meronyms (parts of "sailboat"):

centerboard; centreboard; drop keel; sliding keel (a retractable fin keel used on sailboats to prevent drifting to leeward)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sailboat"):

catboat (a sailboat with a single mast set far forward)

sharpie (a shallow-draft sailboat with a sharp prow, flat bottom, and triangular sail; formerly used along the northern Atlantic coast of the United States)

trimaran (a fast sailboat with 3 parallel hulls)