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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 [ˈbætəlˌʃɪp]
n
1. (Military) a heavily armoured warship of the largest type having many large-calibre guns
2. (Military) (formerly) a warship of sufficient size and armament to take her place in the line of battle; ship of the line
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
noun warship, gunboat, man-of-war, ship of the line, capital ship the rumble of a great battleship going down the slipway
Translations
battleship [ˈbætlʃɪp] N
1. (Mil) → acorazado m
2. battleships (= game) → los barquitos(juego)

battleship [ˈbætəlʃɪp] ncuirassé m

battleship [ˈbætlˌʃɪp] nnave f da guerra
battleship [ˈbætlˌʃɪp] nnave f da guerra

battleship سَفينة حربية bitevní loď krigsskib Kriegsschiff θωρηκτό acorazado sotalaiva cuirassé ratni brod corazzata 戦艦 전함 slagschip slagskip okręt wojenny couraçado линкор slagskepp เรือรบ muharebe zırhlısı chiến hạm 战舰


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Charley was off in his battleship, cruising somewhere on the Caribbean sea.
Clayton asked no questions--he did not need to--and the following day, as the great lines of a British battleship grew out of the distant horizon, he half determined to demand that he and Lady Alice be put aboard her, for his fears were steadily increasing that nothing but harm could result from remaining on the lowering, sullen Fuwalda.
Smallways heard men hurrying along the passage, and was drawn out to the gallery, where he found nearly a dozen officers collected and scrutinising the helpless ruins of the battleship through field-glasses.
 
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