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battleship
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bat·tle·ship  (btl-shp)
n.
Any one of a class of warships of the largest size, carrying the greatest number of weapons and clad with the heaviest armor. Also called battlewagon.

[Short for line-of-battle ship.]

battleship
Noun
a large heavily armoured warship
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.battleshipbattleship - large and heavily armoured warship  
dreadnaught, dreadnought - battleship that has big guns all of the same caliber
pocket battleship - a small battleship built to conform with treaty limitations on tonnage and armament (from 1925 to 1930)
combat ship, war vessel, warship - a government ship that is available for waging war

battleship
Translations
battleship [ˈbætlʃɪp] nacorazado
battleship [ˈbætlʃɪp] ncuirassé m
battleship [ˈbætlʃɪp] nSchlachtschiff nt
battleship [ˈbætlʃɪp] nnave f da guerra


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