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noun

yacht

CEFR B2

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

In a sentence

Six example sentences with yacht, each labelled with its topic.

  • We spent nine days on a chartered yacht, waking each morning in a different Croatian harbour with no schedule.

    Travel

  • The yacht was designed with a folding balcony and a hull shaped to keep glasses steady in rough water.

    Architecture

  • Half the film happens on a borrowed yacht, which the crew had to return every evening before the owner's dinner.

    Movies

  • The wealth manager warned that a yacht loses value like a car and costs a tenth of its price yearly to run.

    Finance

  • Anchors dropped from every visiting yacht tore up the seagrass meadow until the harbour installed fixed moorings.

    Environment

  • The 1851 race around the Isle of Wight was won by a yacht from New York, and the trophy still bears its name.

    History

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