🇬🇧 Schooner meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

A schooner is a kind of old-fashioned sailing ship with two or more tall masts and big sails that catch the wind and help it glide quickly across the water, almost like a giant floating bird with wings of cloth.

Grandpa said he sailed on a schooner once, but then he admitted it was actually a kiddie ride at the mall.

When I asked if our vacation had a cruise ship, Dad pointed to a tiny schooner and said, “Here’s the budget version.”

The schooner’s cook shouted, “We’re out of dessert!” and that was the first time the crew truly panicked at sea.

The schooner sailed so fast that my hair looked like it was trying to abandon ship.

The schooner rocked gently on the waves while I rocked not-so-gently with seasickness and dramatic groaning.

At dawn, a child ran to the pier as a schooner slid past, tall masts and big white sails catching wind. Her father pointed at the schooner, then at another schooner farther out. Waves rocked a small boat beside the schooner. The child laughed when the schooner dipped its sails, and the father hugged her—satisfied at the schooner sight.

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