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Brig has 5 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

two-masted sailing vessel square-rigged on both masts

"The captain ordered the crew to lower the mainsail on the brig before it hit the storm surge."

2

a penal institution (especially on board a ship)

"The captain dragged the mutineers down to the brig where they would be locked up until we reached port."

3

A two-masted vessel, square-rigged on both foremast and mainmast

"The brigadier ordered his troops to advance before dawn."

4

Bridge.

5

Brigadier.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
sailing vessel penal institution
Rhyming Words
rig wrig prig grig frig trig unrig elrig sprig rerig strig tomrig oilrig prerig outrig gehrig retrig big rig cat rig oil rig
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