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BATTLESHIP
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large and heavily armoured warship
Synonyms:
battleship; battlewagon
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("battleship" is a kind of...):
combat ship; war vessel; warship (a government ship that is available for waging war)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "battleship"):
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))
