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Definitions: Schooner |
SchoonerNoun1. A large beer glass. 2. Sailing vessel used in former times. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "schooner" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1823. (references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Receptacle | Bail, beaker, billy, canakin; catch basin, catch drain; chatti, lota, mussuk, schooner, spider, terrine, toby, urceus. |
Ship | Ship, bark, barque, brig, snow, hermaphrodite brig; brigantine, barkantine; schooner; topsail schooner, for and aft schooner, three masted schooner; chasse-maree; sloop, cutter, corvette, clipper, foist, yawl, dandy, ketch, smack, lugger, barge, hoy, cat, buss; sailer, sailing vessel; windjammer; steamer, steamboat, steamship, liner, ocean liner, cruisp, flap, dab, pat, thump, beat, blow, bang, slam, dash; punch, thwack, whack; hit hard, strike hard; swap, batter, dowse, baste; pelt, patter, buffet, belabor; fetch one a blow; poke at, pip, ship of the line; destroyer, cruiser, frigate; landing ship, LST; aircraft carrier, carrier, flattop, nuclear powered carrier; submarine, submersible, atomic submarine. |
Vehicle | Truck, tram; cariole, carriole; limber, tumbrel, pontoon; barrow; wheel barrow, hand barrow; perambulator; Bath chair, wheel chair, sedan chair; chaise; palankeen, palanquin; litter, brancard, crate, hurdle, stretcher, ambulance; black Maria; conestoga wagon, conestoga wain; jinrikisha, ricksha, brett, dearborn, dump cart, hack, hackery, jigger, kittereen, mailstate, manomotor, rig, rockaway, prairie schooner, shay, sloven, team, tonga, wheel; hobbyhorse, go-cart; cycle; bicycle, bike, two-wheeler; tricycle, velocipede, quadricycle. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

A schooner is a sailing ship whose sail-plan has two or more masts with the forward mast being shorter or the same height as the rear masts. Most of these schooners are gaff rigged. There was no set maximum number of masts for a schooner. A small schooner has two or three masts, but they were built with as many as six or seven masts to carry a larger volume of cargo. A seven-masted schooner, the Thomas L Lawson, was built in 1902, with a length of 395 ft. and carrying 27 sails with 43,000 sq. ft. of sail. A schooner is quite maneuverable and can be sailed by a smaller crew than some other sailing vessels.
Schooners were used to carry cargo in many different environments, from ocean voyages, to coastal runs and on large inland bodies of water. They were popular in North America, and in their heyday of the late 1800s over 2000 schooners carried cargo back and forth across the Great Lakes. Three-masted "terns" were a favourite rig of Canada's Maritime Provinces. A two-masted schooner, the Bluenose, became greatly celebrated.
Technically speaking, a schooner is not a ship because it has fewer than three masts. In common parlance this distinction is rarely adhered to.
Famous Schooners:
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Schooner."
Crosswords: Schooner |
| English words defined with "schooner": Ballahou ♦ Fore-and-aft rigged ♦ prairie schooner ♦ sharpshooter, sloop of war, square sail ♦ Tern schooner ♦ Wing and wing ♦ Yawl-rigged. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "schooner": Fish, Fly. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Schooner" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Italian (schooner), Manx (schooner). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Bought a second-hand schooner that had one, but I never listened until I ran up on a reef in Samoa and had to wait almost a week for help. (Remember WENN; writing credit: Erik Amdrup; Jonas Cornell) Schooner and Rebecca need each other. (Sex and the City; writing credit: Mark Leiren-Young) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Half-masted Schooner (1969) Bluenose Schooner (1943) The Schooner Gang (1937) | |
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![]() | Jensen survey launch passing a Maine schooner Launch off of PEIRCE.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. | ![]() | Schooner cruising in Penobscot Bay.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
![]() | A view of San Pedro to the right and the highlands of Palos Verdes on the left. The Coast Survey Schooner EWING and Steamer ACTIVE are to the left of Dead Man's Island in this image, directly in front of what is now the major port area for Los Angeles. In: Pacific Coast. Coast Pilot of California, Oregon, and Washington Territory. By George Davidson, 1869. P. 15. Call No. VK947.D4 1869.Credit: America's Coastlines. | ![]() | Whaling schooner Amelia, of New Bedford, Massachusetts Drawing by C. S. Raleigh.Credit: National Marine Fisheries Historical Image Collection. |
![]() | The cabin of mackerel schooner John D. Long of Gloucester, Massachusetts Drawing by H. W. Elliott and Capt. J. W. Collins.Credit: National Marine Fisheries Historical Image Collection. | ![]() | The Coast and Geodetic Survey Schooner MATCHLESS.Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
![]() | The Fish Commission Schooner GRAMPUS.Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. | ![]() | Bow-on view of vessel in dry dock in 1985, as seen from vessel centerline. Photograph by Jet Lowe, May/October 1985. (Reproduction Number: HAER, WASH,17-SEAT,10-16) Historic ships are among the most difficult objects to preserve and few vessels survive long enough to be considered historic. Those that do require expensive maintenance to be operational. The 1897 schooner Wawona was put into a floating dry dock in 1985 to allow necessary periodic repairs to the wooden hull. While the hull was accessible, HAER measured and mapped the shape of the hull in a series of topographic drawings, a process called "lines-lifting." This lumber schooner was the first project of HAER's ongoing maritime program. (See HABS/HAER, National Park Service for more history.).Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | In drydock, probably at the New York Navy Yard in 1884 or 1885, showing damage received in August 1884 when she was sunk in a collision with the schooner James S. Lowell. The view looks toward her starboard side, just forward of the midships superstructure.Credit: NAVY. | ![]() | Torpedo boats of the Atlantic Fleet Reserve Torpedo Flotilla at the Norfolk Navy Yard, circa 1907. Most of these craft are partially dismantled. The two boats in the front right and the one in the front left (listed in no particular order) are: USS Bagley (TB-24), USS Barney (TB-25) and USS Biddle (TB-26). The two larger boats between them, in the foreground are (left to right): USS DuPont (TB-7) and USS Porter (TB- 6). The three boats in the back row are (left to right): One of the three Torpedo Boat # 3 class (Foote, Rodgers or Winslow), USS Cushing (TB-1) and either USS Gwin (TB-16) or USS Talbot (TB-15). The receiving ship USS Franklin (1867-1915) and a two-masted schooner are in the distance.Credit: NAVY. |
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| Horn; boat; harbor; yacht; baiter; baitskiff; barge; bark; bateau; canoe; catamaran; craft; dinghy; dory; dragger; highliner; hulk; ketch; launch; lifeboat; mackinaw; pointer; raft; rodney; sailboat; schooner; scow; shallop; ship; skiff; sloop; steamboat. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Schooner" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 98.00% of the time. "Schooner" is used about 50 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 98% | 49 | 48,677 |
| Noun (proper) | 2% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 50 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "schooner" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Schooner | Last name | 170 | 54,379 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
Expressions using "schooner": prairie schooner ♦ Tern schooner ♦ topsail schooner. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "schooner": schooner-rigged. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
schooner | 144 |
prairie schooner | 42 |
bluenose schooner | 30 |
maui schooner | 26 |
inn schooner | 17 |
schooner for sale | 16 |
sooner schooner | 13 |
schooner fare | 13 |
schooner woodwind | 8 |
cove schooner | 8 |
picture prairie schooner | 7 |
maui resort schooner | 7 |
drawing plan sail schooner | 7 |
plan schooner | 6 |
maine schooner | 6 |
hull plan schooner | 6 |
schooner landing | 6 |
america schooner | 6 |
picture schooner | 5 |
bay schooner | 5 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "schooner"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | skunë, gotë birre (beer glass, bock beer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | كأس جعة كبيرة, مركب شراعي (sail, sailboat). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | шхуна, висока чаша за бира, покрита кола на преселници (prairie schooner). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 大篷車 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | vysoká sklenice, velká sklenice (rummer), škuner. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | skonnert. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | schoener. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | قایق دودگلی , گاری سفری , گاری روپوش دار. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | kuunari. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | grand verre, goélette, goëlette. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Schoner (antimacassar, chair back, cover, protector). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | σκούνα, γολέτα. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מפרשית (sailboat). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | szkúner, söröskorsó (beer mug, stein, tankard). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | goletta. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | スキャンロン方式 (child-rearing with frequent physical contact, door-to-door condom sales-lady, reskilling, Scanlon plan, school, school bus, school color, school zone, schooling, schoolmate, scoop, scooter, scramble, scramble race, scrambled eggs, scrap, scrap and build, scrapbook, scratch, scratch hit, scratch match, scratch noise, scratch player, scratch race, scrub, scrum, scrum half, scrummage, scuba, scuba diving, self-contained under-water breathing apparatus, skill, skillful, skills inventory system, skin, skin care, skin cream, skin diver, skin diving, skin food, skinheads, square, square dance, square neckline, square stance, squeeze, squeeze bunt, squeeze play, squid). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | スクーナー . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | schooner. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | oonerschay goleta (gut), escuna. (various references) pahar înalt pentru bere. (various references) шхуна. (various references) velika pivska čaša, škuna. (various references) goleta (barkentine, barquentine). (various references) stort sherryglas, skonert, skonare. (various references) uskuna, iki direkli yelkenli, bira bardağı (beer glass, jar, Stein), büyük bardak (rummer, Stein, stoup, tumbler). (various references) фургон для переселенців, шхуна, великий пивний бокал. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "schooner": schooners. (additional references) | |
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"Schooner" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: choner, chooner, Occhionero, schauen, Schimone, Schizoneura, schober, Schodek, Schoerner, schoinos, schon, Schone, Schoner, schooler, schoon, Schoonbeek, Schoukerk, Schouler, schunner, Schwoerer, scooner, shoner, shooner. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "schooner" (pronounced skuw"ner) |
| 3 | -uw" n er | crooner, lunar, pruner, sooner, tuner. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-h-n-o-o-r-s" | |
-1 letter: chooser, onshore, soroche. | |
-2 letters: censor, choose, chores, chosen, cooers, cosher, crones, croons, herons, honers, honors, nooser, nosher, ochers, ochone, ochres, recons, roscoe, senhor, sooner. | |
-3 letters: ceros, chore, chose, cohos, cones, cooer, coons, cores, corns, corse, crone, croon, echos, herns, heron, heros, hoers, honer, hones, honor, horns, horse, hosen, noose, ocher, ochre, onces, recon, roose, scone, score, scorn, senor, shoer, shone, shoon, shore, shorn, snore. | |
-4 letters: cero, chon, coho, cone, cons, coon, coos, core, corn, cors, cosh, echo, eons, erns, eros, hens, hern, hero, hers, hoer, hoes, hone, hons, horn, hose, noes, nose, nosh, once, ones, oohs, orcs, ores, recs, resh, rhos, rocs, roes, rose, shoe, shoo, sone, soon, sore, sorn. | |
-5 letters: con, coo, cor, cos, ens, eon, ern, ers, hen, her, hes, hoe, hon, noh, noo, nor, nos, oes, oho, ohs, one, ons, ooh, orc, ore, ors, ose, rec, res, rho, roc, roe, sec, sen, ser, she, son. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-h-n-o-o-r-s" | |
+1 letter: isochrone, schooners. | |
+2 letters: chromogens, isochrones, rechoosing, rhinoceros. | |
+3 letters: bronchioles, countershot, ctenophores, icosahedron, interschool, ionospheric, microphones, monochromes, octahedrons, reschooling, topnotchers. | |
+4 letters: anchorperson, bronchoscope, chloroprenes, chloroquines, chondriosome, chronologers, chronologies, chronometers, countershots, ctenophorans, icosahedrons, interschools, kinetochores, necrophagous, orthocenters, rhinoceroses, rhinoscopies, stereophonic, synchroscope. | |
+5 letters: adrenochromes, anchorpersons, bronchoscopes, cephalosporin, chemisorption, chondriosomes, chromocenters, chronometries, cochairperson, comprehension, conidiophores, counselorship, dodecahedrons, ethnohistoric, iconographers, iconographies, orchestration, photocurrents, psychosurgeon, synchroscopes. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 63 68 6F 6F 6E 65 72 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)... -.-. .... --- --- -. . .-. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01100011 01101000 01101111 01101111 01101110 01100101 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S c h o o n e r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0063 0068 006F 006F 006E 0065 0072 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5369748181807184 |
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