U-boat
[ yoo-boht ]
/ ˈyuˌboʊt /
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noun
a German submarine.
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Origin of U-boat
1910–15; < German U-Boot, short for Unterseeboot literally, undersea boat
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U-boat
noun
a German submarine, esp in World Wars I and II
Word Origin for U-boat
from German U-Boot, abbreviation for Unterseeboot, literally: undersea boat
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