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sailboat vs sail boat

Both "sailboat" and "sail boat" are correct, but "sailboat" is the more commonly used term in English. The two words are often combined into one word to refer to a boat that is propelled by sails.

Last updated: March 23, 2024 • 781 views

sailboat

This is the correct and more commonly used term in English.

The term "sailboat" is used to refer to a boat that is propelled by sails. It is a single word without a space between "sail" and "boat."

Examples:

I enjoy sailing on a sailboat in the summer.
The sailboat glided gracefully across the water.
He bought a new sailboat for his upcoming sailing trip.

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Wilson keeps a sailboat in Ventura.
Nathaniel saved Isabel on the sailboat.
A sailboat, like in Robert Louis Stevenson.
I can just see you starting for China on a 26-foot sailboat.
I know my way around a sailboat.
Monday afternoon, a sailboat race will be held at the cesspool.
He certainly doesn't own a sailboat.
That's where Doug kept his precious sailboat.
Your mother wanted to buy a sailboat.
He has a sailboat, and sometimes we play squash.
Like a sunset on a sailboat.
They got the name of my sailboat.
I sold my father's sailboat.
You see, this all started when bill's sailboat caught fire.
Eventually we escaped across the English Channel in a sailboat.
I would also like that my sailboat be repaired and donated...
Never I was before in a sailboat.
That explains how they were able to get round my position and capture our sailboat.
The beach is lovely, and we have a sailboat.
We'll borrow Frank's sailboat.

Alternatives:

sailing boat
yacht
dinghy
catamaran
trimaran

sail boat

This is also correct, but less commonly used than "sailboat."

The term "sail boat" is also used to refer to a boat that is propelled by sails. It is written as two separate words, with a space between "sail" and "boat."

Examples:

The sail boat raced against the wind.
She learned to sail on a small sail boat.
The old sail boat needed repairs before setting sail.

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And Justforkix fought Olaf with just a boom from a sail boat!
Now that the war is over, you can sail boats all summer.
90 per cent of sail boats passing 75 percent of the time engine.
Teaching disturbed kids how to sail a boat.
You must first sail my boat, the Childish Tycoon, by yourself around the entire world.
We will sail the boat and scout them.
We could learn to sail, buy a boat, sail around the world.
Look, this rich Vanderklam family is paying us 500 bucks to go sail their boat down the river to the Fulton Marina.
I did not, because I was trying to teach you how to sail a boat.
Stop being foolish, animals don't sail in boats!
When he gets back from school, we'll go to the river to sail the boat.
Captain, life-long dream to sail on a boat like this.
I can sail on a boat any day of the year.
The boat sails for New York in 20 minutes.
This boat sails through the Strait of Gibraltar.
Won't be back until after your boat sails.
I've always wanted to sail my own boat.
Then the boat sails to New Orleans, where all the cargo is transferred to Navy ships.
Stock up the boat, sail off right after the ceremony.
The boats will sail together and soon it will be over.

Alternatives:

sailboat
sailing vessel
yacht
dinghy
catamaran

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