yacht
noun
a vessel used for private cruising, racing, or other noncommercial purposes.
yachts
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pluralof yacht.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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present tense formof yacht (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
yachtnouna vessel used for private cruising, racing, or other noncommercial purposes.
Example Sentences
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Matthew Pickard, 55, Stephen Greenaway, 48, and Paul Laver, 48, bought luxury homes, cars and yachts from the profits of Bournemouth-based Ethical Forestry Ltd, which promised forestry investments in Costa Rica.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
Over the years, however, Xu's taste for yachts and luxury clashed with President Xi Jinping's crackdown on extreme wealth as Beijing tightened its watch over corruption within the financial sector.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
Newly enriched Americans are bound to spend some of their windfall on new cars, yachts, houses and the like.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026
No resolution is perfect, and the deal will still buy more yachts for the rapacious lawyers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
On the lake a hundred or more ships, yachts, and launches lay at anchor with colored lights on their bows and booms and strung along their rigging.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
