battleship

nounwarship

Synonyms for battleship

noun warship

Word Origin & History

1794, shortened from line-of-battle ship (1705), one large enough to take part in a main attack (formerly one of 74-plus guns); from battle (n.) + ship (n.). Later in U.S. Navy in reference to a class of ships that carried guns of the largest size. The last was decommissioned in 2006. Battleship-gray as a color is attested from 1916. Fighter and bomber airplanes in World War I newspaper articles were sometimes called battleplanes, but it did not catch on.

Example Sentences for battleship

It was so huge and vast that even the crew of the battleship burst into a cheer.

It was the solemn note of a battleship destroyed by its own magazines.

A battleship should be at least twice as long as a torpedo-boat destroyer.

A view of the battleship as it will look in the water is shown in Fig. 31.

France had accepted the verdict; but now a second battleship was gone.

You are thinking, 'Here is the miscreant, the scoundrel, who destroyed our battleship!'

A battleship was just leaving the Lower Bay, smoke pouring from every funnel.

The launch reached the battleship, was hoisted and stowed on board.

I am attached to the battleship 'Hudson,' now lying in this harbor.

This planet seems to have no possible motive or use for a battleship.

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Synonyms for battleship

gray/grey

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Synonyms for battleship

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