Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

schooner

/skuːnə(ɹ)/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.03 in modern English

Syllables: schooner
IPA: /skuːnə(ɹ)/

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A sailing ship with two or more masts, all with fore-and-aft sails; if two masted, having a foremast and a mainmast.

noun

A glass for drinking a large measure of sherry.

British usage

noun

A glass of beer, of a size which varies between states (Wikipedia).

Australian usage

noun

A large goblet or drinking glass, used for lager or ale (Wikipedia).

American usage

noun

A covered wagon used by emigrants.

Example Sentences

"The night was considerably clearer than anybody on board her desired when the schooner Ventura headed for the land."
"Designed by Frank Payne's renowned Boston design office, and built in 1928 of longleaf yellow pine, this 82-footer has been a racing schooner — a staysail schooner — since the heyday of Class-A ocean racing in schooners during the late 1920s and early 1930s."
"In addition to the square-rigged sailing ships, the schooners were the second largest group of large sailing vessels."
"Unfortunately, anyone looking for a schooner today has limited choices. In the used boat market there are always some wooden hulls available, and occasionally ones of steel or aluminum, but fiberglass-hulled schooners are harder to come by."
"Boycott any pub that bans work clothes, allows customers to reserve tables or only sells beer in schooners. That is less a pub, more a private members’ club."
"Foaming schooners of beer grew ever larger and more numerous as the crimson February suns went to their rest."

Etymology

Attested ca. 1715, of uncertain origin. Said to be derived from dialectal scoon (“to skim over water”). Compare also shunt (“to cause to move (suddenly)”).

Usage

British usage
Australian usage
American usage

Inflected Forms

schooners (plural)

Phrases

prairie schooner schooner bum schooner on the rocks

Synonyms

goelette

Rhymes With

sooner lunar tuner spooner bruner crooner gruner pruner neuner cooner buehner gooner

Questions

How do you pronounce schooner?: The recorded pronunciation is /skuːnə(ɹ)/.
What does schooner mean?: A sailing ship with two or more masts, all with fore-and-aft sails; if two masted, having a foremast and a mainmast.
Where does schooner come from?: Attested ca. 1715, of uncertain origin. Said to be derived from dialectal scoon (“to skim over water”). Compare also shunt (“to cause to move (suddenly)”).

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