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noun as in pleasure boat

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• cabin cruiser
• sailing boat

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noun as in vehicle for water travel

noun as in a boat propelled with wind by sailcloth

• gaff-rigged sailboat
• wooden boat

noun as in boat

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As City News explained it, the bribes were paid not only in cash but through rugs, antiques, furniture, yacht club fees, boat repairs and more.

In Ashburn, Snyder is always lurking in spirit, even if he is on his 305-foot yacht somewhere in the Aegean.

Driving across country in a gigantic land yacht—with its crushed-velour seats and faux wood siding—was more practical than a two-door hot rod.

Host Jason Moore chats with experts who share tips harvested from their real-life experiences, such as a couple who paid off their $70,000 debt to travel full time and a woman who left her corporate job to work on a yacht.

Until Thursday, when federal agents escorted him off a 150-foot yacht moored in Long Island Sound, the word often used to describe Steve Bannon was “irrelevant.”

Instead the money allegedly was spent on luxury cars and a yacht club membership, among other things.

Loeb owns a $100 million penthouse on Central Park West and a $50 million yacht.

Solaire has set up charging capabilities at a project it built at a yacht club in Massachusetts, for example.

On my way back into town, I walked by the fortress of tents surrounding the harbor, readying for the yacht show.

Newly-minted Londoner, Lindsay Lohan, is currently chilling out on a yacht in Italy.

I heard her say to one of the servants once that my father had been lost on a yacht, and that he was oh, ever such a handsome man.

He owned a 54-ton yacht named the Opal, and attributed the wonderful health he enjoyed to his numerous sea voyages.

Another yacht had started from the old boathouse at about the time our friends and their new-fangled craft got under way.

Caermarthen ordered out his wonderful yacht, and hastened to complain to the King, who was then at Loo.

The yacht had long turned the head of the island and was beating down alongshore in the eastern bay.

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On this page you'll find 11 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to yacht, such as: racer, sailboat, sloop, cruiser, ketch, and yawl.

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a vessel used for private cruising, racing, or other noncommercial purposes.

to sail, voyage, or race in a yacht.

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Origin of yacht

Other words from yacht.

• yachty, adjective
• su·per·yacht, noun

Words that may be confused with yacht

• barge , boat , canoe , cruise ship , sailboat , ship , yacht

Words Nearby yacht

• Yablonovy Mountains
• Yablonovyy Range
• yacht chair

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How to use yacht in a sentence

As City News explained it, the bribes were paid not only in cash but through rugs, antiques, furniture, yacht club fees, boat repairs and more.

In Ashburn, Snyder is always lurking in spirit, even if he is on his 305-foot yacht somewhere in the Aegean.

Driving across country in a gigantic land yacht —with its crushed-velour seats and faux wood siding—was more practical than a two-door hot rod.

Host Jason Moore chats with experts who share tips harvested from their real-life experiences, such as a couple who paid off their $70,000 debt to travel full time and a woman who left her corporate job to work on a yacht .

Until Thursday, when federal agents escorted him off a 150-foot yacht moored in Long Island Sound, the word often used to describe Steve Bannon was “irrelevant.”

Instead the money allegedly was spent on luxury cars and a yacht club membership, among other things.

Loeb owns a $100 million penthouse on Central Park West and a $50 million yacht .

Solaire has set up charging capabilities at a project it built at a yacht club in Massachusetts, for example.

On my way back into town, I walked by the fortress of tents surrounding the harbor, readying for the yacht show.

Newly-minted Londoner, Lindsay Lohan, is currently chilling out on a yacht in Italy.

I heard her say to one of the servants once that my father had been lost on a yacht , and that he was oh, ever such a handsome man.

He owned a 54-ton yacht named the Opal, and attributed the wonderful health he enjoyed to his numerous sea voyages.

Another yacht had started from the old boathouse at about the time our friends and their new-fangled craft got under way.

Caermarthen ordered out his wonderful yacht , and hastened to complain to the King, who was then at Loo.

The yacht had long turned the head of the island and was beating down alongshore in the eastern bay.

British Dictionary definitions for yacht

/ ( jɒt ) /

a vessel propelled by sail or power, used esp for pleasure cruising, racing, etc

short for sand yacht , ice yacht

(intr) to sail or cruise in a yacht

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The word " Yacht " has 3 meanings. The most frequent meaning is yacht .

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The word " Yacht " has 17 hyponyms which are: bareboat , boat , fishing boat, galley , iceboat , patrol boat, sailing vessel, ship , shrimper , weather ship, yacht , canoe , kayak , motorboat , paddle , row , sail .

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Definition of yacht noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

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Synonyms for yacht yɒt yacht, this thesaurus page includes all potential synonyms, words with the same meaning and similar terms for the word yacht ., princeton's wordnet rate this synonym: 2.7 / 3 votes.

yacht, racing yacht verb

an expensive vessel propelled by sail or power and used for cruising or racing

Synonyms: racing yacht

travel in a yacht

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List of paraphrases for "yacht":

yate , sailboat , sailing , yachting , clipper , boat

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How to say yacht in sign language, words popularity by usage frequency, how to use yacht in a sentence.

Zahi Moussa :

This yacht is like a precious jewel, like a rare masterpiece you keep at home, we feel sad that it looks like this.

Jamie Lloyd :

Hamilton Harbor Yacht Club donates their staff and entire area just for the soldiers for the day.

Jack Donson :

It's pretty confining, pretty boring, not dangerous, but still no picnic, especially if you're a man of wealth: one minute you're on your yacht or in a helicopter; next minute you're sitting at a table playing cards with the boys.

Terry Daly :

Our passengers, particularly long-haul flight travelers, are looking for a space to relax and socialize while flying, in our latest revamp, we have taken inspiration from private yacht cabins ... and we have managed to increase the seating space while keeping the signature U-shape.

Andreas Iseli :

A superyacht isn't a toy, but it's the ultimate place to go and be away from it all, we have clients who literally go two weeks a year on their yacht and switch off.

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