yacht

yacht
yacht /jɒt $ jɑːt/ noun [countable]
a large boat with a sail, used for pleasure or sport, especially one that has a place where you can sleep ⇨ sailing boat, sailboat
     

THESAURUS

■ types of boat
   ▪ yacht a large boat with a sail, used for pleasure or sport
   ▪ sailing boat British English, sailboat American English a boat that uses one or more sails
   ▪ rowing boat British English, rowboat American English a small boat that you move through the water with oars
   ▪ dinghy a small open boat used for pleasure, or for taking people between a ship and the shore
   ▪ catamaran a sailing boat with two separate hulls (=the part that goes in the water)
   ▪ trimaran a sailing boat with three separate HULLSs
   ▪ barge a large low boat with a flat bottom, used for carrying heavy goods on a canal or river
   ▪ canal boat (also narrow boat British English) a boat that you use on canals
   ▪ canoe a long light boat that is open at the top and pointed at both ends, which you move along using a paddle. Canoes are for one to three people
   ▪ kayak a light boat for one or two people, that is pointed at both ends and covered on top. A kayak has round holes on top in which the people sit, and you move it along using a paddle.
   ▪ punt a long thin boat with a flat bottom that you move by pushing a long pole against the bottom of the river – used for pleasure
   ▪ houseboat a boat that is specially made so that you can live on it
   ▪ pleasure boat a small boat, for example a sailing boat or a rowing boat, that people use on a lake, river etc: People were out on the lake in pleasure boats.
    ⇨ ship