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Definition of yacht noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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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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noun. /jɒt/ /jɑːt/ ( North American English also sailboat) a sailing boat, often also with an engine and a place to sleep on board, used for pleasure trips and racing. a 12-metre racing yacht. a yacht club/race. compare dinghy Topics Transport by water b2, Sports: water sports b2. Oxford Collocations Dictionary. Take your English to the next level.
su·per·yacht, noun. Words that may be confused with yacht. barge, boat, canoe, cruise ship, sailboat, ship, yacht.
Definition of 'yacht' Word Frequency. yacht. (yɒt ) Word forms: yachts plural. 1. countable noun. A yacht is a large boat with sails or a motor, used for racing or pleasure trips. His 36 ft yacht sank suddenly last summer. Synonyms: boat, ship, cutter, sloop More Synonyms of yacht. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.
noun. an expensive vessel propelled by sail or power and used for cruising or racing. synonyms: racing yacht. see more. verb. travel in a yacht. see more. Pronunciation. US. /jɑt/ UK. /jɒt/ Cite this entry. Style: MLA. "Yacht." Vocabulary.com Dictionary, Vocabulary.com, https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/yacht. Accessed 12 Mar. 2024.
noun [ C ] uk / jɒt / us. Add to word list Add to word list. B2. a large boat with sails used for pleasure or in races: a luxury yacht. (Definition of yacht from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of yacht. in Chinese (Traditional) 帆船, 快艇, 遊艇… See more. in Chinese (Simplified) 帆船, 快艇, 游艇… See more.