catamaran
noun
a vessel, usually propelled by sail, formed of two hulls or floats held side by side by a frame above them.
catamarans
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pluralof catamaran.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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He once dredged up 17 rings in a single day by sweeping the ocean bottom in a spot where tourists, well into their tequila sunrises, routinely launch themselves off catamarans, their fingers slick with sunscreen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 24, 2026
An alternative option would be to consider catamarans, which are far more fuel-efficient than single-hulled ships.
From BBC ● Dec. 30, 2024
Harbor Breeze runs 83-foot catamarans that can carry up to 250 passengers out of the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 27, 2023
The vast majority of the attacks were on sailboats or catamarans, with a handful involving fishing boats and motorboats.
From Scientific American ● May 24, 2023
“I mean such as Malay proas, catamarans, Arab dhows, Chinese sanpans, Japanese pilot boats, Turkish caiques, Esquimaux kiacks, Alaskan war canoes, the hooded boats of the Swiss Lakes, and so on.”
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
