battleship

[ bat-l-ship ]

/ ˈbæt lˌʃɪp /

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noun

any of a class of warships that are the most heavily armored and are equipped with the most powerful armament.

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Origin of battleship

An Americanism dating back to 1785–95; battle¹ + ship¹

Words nearby battleship

battle plan, battleplane, battle royal, battle royale, battle-scarred, battleship, battleship gray, battlesome, battle star, battle station, battle wagon

How to use battleship in a sentence

During the war, when he was on a battleship in the Mediterranean, she kept his photograph on her dressing-table, even though her father, who stuttered a lot, didn’t quite approve.
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Using skewers/tooth picks, attach monkey bread, Cinnabons, and churros to battleship.
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Sober and muted colors including shades of gray, one described in a local paper as ‘Battleship,’ were prevalent.
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The leading-man roles followed in the back-to-back 2012 blockbusters John Carter and Battleship.
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Additional film credits include The Rundown, The Kingdom, Hancock, Battleship, and the upcoming Cocaine Cowboys.
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As a member of the Royal Navy, he was in charge of operating the searchlights on a battleship called the Valiant.
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The tailor of the fairy tale with his "seven at a blow" is not in it with the gunnery Lieutenant of a battleship.
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A Turkish battleship joined in from the Hellespont, dropping about twenty 11.2-inch shells into our lines.
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One of these could tear a gaping hole in the side of a battleship and send it, with all on board, to the bottom.
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He takes this as a pretty strong hint to push through, or, to make some sort of a battleship attack to support us.
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In that position neither the forward nor stern blasters of the battleship could touch it.
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British Dictionary definitions for battleship

battleship

/ (ˈbætəlˌʃɪp) /

noun

a heavily armoured warship of the largest type having many large-calibre guns

(formerly) a warship of sufficient size and armament to take her place in the line of battle; ship of the line

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