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megayacht

megayacht noun: a very large luxury yacht.

Noun

megayacht (plural megayachts)

  1. A very large luxury yacht.
    • A fitness center, a lounge and a swimming pool with cabanas will be built, but owners and their guests will also be granted access to all the resort’s amenities, which include […] a marina capable of accommodating megayachts.2007 February 23, Nick Kaye, “One Thousand Ocean and the Club at Black Rock”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Nov 2022
    • “Demand for the megayachts above 130 to 140 meters has definitely increased in the last few years,” said Mark Duncan, group commercial director of yacht brokerage house, Yachting Partners International.2014 April 15, Eoghan Macguire, “Size matters: How sheikhs and oligarchs transformed the yachting industry”, in CNN
    Synonyms:
    superyacht

Examples of megayacht in a sentence

  • The megayacht concept is equipped with its own port with enough space for a second yacht measuring up to 30 meters, as well as three swimming pools.2020 November 25, Tamara Hardingham-Gill, “The $550 million megayacht concept that looks like a shark”, in CNN:
  • After that, definitions are debated, but people generally agree that anything more than 230 feet is a megayacht, and more than 295 is a gigayacht.2022 July 18, Evan Osnos, “The Haves and the Have-Yachts”, in The New Yorker, →ISSN:

Synonyms of megayacht

Forms of megayacht

pluralmegayachts

Origin of megayacht

From mega- + yacht.

Questions about megayacht

What does megayacht mean?
Megayacht means a very large luxury yacht.
How do you use megayacht in a sentence?
The megayacht concept is equipped with its own port with enough space for a second yacht measuring up to 30 meters, as well as three swimming pools.
What part of speech is megayacht?
Megayacht is a noun.
What is the plural of megayacht?
The plural of megayacht is megayachts.

Words near megayacht in the dictionary

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  2. megawoman
  3. megawomen
  4. megaword
  5. megawords
  6. megayacht
  7. megayachts
  8. megayear
  9. megayears
  10. megazoo
  11. megazooid

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