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Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Yacht

/(yŏt)/ · IPA /jɑːt/
01 n. A light and elegantly furnished vessel, used either for private parties of pleasure, or as a vessel of state to convey distinguished person…
  1. 1.
    A light and elegantly furnished vessel, used either for private parties of pleasure, or as a vessel of state to convey distinguished persons from one place to another; a seagoing vessel used only for pleasure trips, racing, etc.(Naut.)
Phrases & compounds
Yacht measurement — See the Note under Tonnage, 4.
02 v. i. To manage a yacht; to voyage in a yacht.
  1. 1.
    To manage a yacht; to voyage in a yacht.