sailboat
UK/ˈseɪlˌbəʊt/US/ˈseɪlˌboʊt/
sailboat noun: a boat propelled by a sail.

Noun
sailboat (plural sailboats)
- A boat propelled by a sail.
- A playing card with the rank of four.
Verb
sailboat (third-person singular simple present sailboats, present participle sailboating, simple past and past participle sailboated)
- To travel by sailboat.
sailboat meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Kannada and Malay
sailboat in Hindi
- a boat propelled by a sail
- पालनौका pālnaukā
sailboat in Urdu
- sailboat, sailing boat
- بادبانی کشتی bādabānī kaśtī
sailboat in Kannada
- a boat propelled by a sail
- ಹಾಯಿಹಡಗು hāyihaḍagu
sailboat in Malay
- a boat propelled by a sail
- perahu layar
More languagesFewer languages
- sailboat in Persian
- قایق بادبانی qâyeq-e bâdbâni
- sailboat in Thai
- เรือใบ reua bai
Examples of sailboat in a sentence
- Watch that small sailboat; see how Stephanie mans the rudder?
- A gold tie clip was made in the shape of a sailboat.
- I'm a technonerd about all things that concern airplanes and sailboats.
Synonyms of sailboat
Forms of sailboat
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | sailboats |
| alternative form | sail-boat |
| alternative form | sailing boat |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | sailboats |
| present participle | sailboating |
| past participle | sailboated |
| past | sailboated |
Origin of sailboat
From sail + boat.
Words formed from sailboat
Questions about sailboat
- What does sailboat mean?
- Sailboat means a boat propelled by a sail.
- What is sailboat in Hindi?
- Sailboat in Hindi is पालनौका (pālnaukā). See Sailboat meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is sailboat?
- Sailboat can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce sailboat?
- Sailboat is pronounced /ˈseɪlˌbəʊt/ (UK).
- What is the plural of sailboat?
- The plural of sailboat is sailboats.
Words near sailboat in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: sailboat (page history and authors); بادبانی کشتی (Urdu) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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