superyacht

From super- +‎ yacht.

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superyacht (plural superyachts)

1. A very large luxury yacht.

   Synonyms: megayacht, white boat

   Coordinate term: gigayacht

   • 2008 March 30, Elizabeth Olson, “A Google Friend Is Now Facebook’s”, in The New York Times‎^[1], archived from the original on 26 November 2022:

     Tom Perkins […] is putting his superyacht, the Maltese Falcon, up for sale, just two years after he first set sail on it.

   • 2020 November 25, Tamara Hardingham-Gill, “The $550 million megayacht concept that looks like a shark”, in CNN‎^[2]:

     This latest concept comes as demand for superyachts continues to grow – the global fleet jumped from 3,906 crafts in 2009 to 5,646 in 2019, according to the Superyacht Group. […] Recent examples include Ultra2, a new 95-meter superyacht from Berlin-based T.Fotiadis Design that has its own on-board safe room.

   • 2022 July 18, Evan Osnos, “The Haves and the Have-Yachts”, in The New Yorker‎^[3], →ISSN:

     If it has crew working aboard, it's a yacht. If it's more than ninety-eight feet [30 m], it's a superyacht.

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