Battleship Common

Origin: Germanic Old English suffix

Battleship has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Definitions

Noun

large and heavily armoured warship

battleship battlewagon

Large capital warship displacing tens of thousands of tons, heavily armoured and armed with big guns. Battleships are now obsolescent, replaced by smaller vessels with guided missiles.

See Also

battle cruiser monitor capital ship armoured battleship grey battleships sloop dreadnought

Related Terms

battle cruiser monitor capital ship armoured battleship grey battleships sloop dreadnought gun warship battlecruiser guided missile vessel frigate aircraft carrier cruiser gunboat pocket battleship obsolescent stage

Broader Terms (hypernyms)

warship

Narrower Terms (hyponyms)

dreadnought pocket battleship

Rhyming Words

hip whip chip unhip inship rechip reship i ship unship v chip dadship overhip hagship fanship modchip manship skyship curship dogship donship

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