yacht

n. tour boat, race boat; large boat; luxury sail or motored boat

v. sail in a yacht (vessel for private cruising); participate in a yacht race

Yacht in modern use designates two rather different classes of watercraft, sailing and power yachts. Yachts are differentiated from working ships mainly by their leisure purpose: they are comfortable conveyances owned by the wealthy. It was not until the ascendancy of the steamboat and other types of powerboat that sailing vessels in general came to be perceived as luxury items. However, since the level of luxury on larger yachts has seen an increasing trend, the use of the word yacht to mean any sailing vessel has been diminishing and is more and more limited to racing yachts or cruising yachts.
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Noun
1. an expensive vessel propelled by sail or power and used for cruising or racing
(synonym) racing yacht
(hypernym) vessel, watercraft
Verb
1. travel in a yacht
(hypernym) boat
(derivation) racing yacht
(classification) navigation, pilotage, piloting

n. yacht, tour boat; race boat

n. yacht