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SAILING BOAT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A small sailing vessel; usually with a single mast
Synonyms:
sailboat; sailing boat
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("sailing boat" is a kind of...):
sailing ship; sailing vessel (a vessel that is powered by the wind; often having several masts)
Meronyms (parts of "sailing boat"):
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 "sailing boat"):
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)
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