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battlecarrier

battlecarrier noun: a hybrid between a battleship and an aircraft carrier, with both one or more heavy gun turrets and a large aircraft hangar and flight deck.

battlecarrier: a hybrid between a battleship and an aircraft carrier, with both one or more heavy gun turrets and...
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Noun

battlecarrier (plural battlecarriers)

  1. (historical) A hybrid between a battleship and an aircraft carrier, with both one or more heavy gun turrets and a large aircraft hangar and flight deck.
    • The larger issue is why are you doing this? If you are going to have a battlecarrier that's acting as your combat air patrol provider, that would suggest that your own carriers either can't provide it, or, you need to load your fleet carriers with as many strike aircraft as possible to hit the...2022 February 9, Drachinifel, 16:39 from the start, in Naval Engineering Disasters - How not to design a ship, archived from the original on 25 Sep 2022

Forms of battlecarrier

pluralbattlecarriers

Questions about battlecarrier

What does battlecarrier mean?
Battlecarrier means a hybrid between a battleship and an aircraft carrier, with both one or more heavy gun turrets and a large aircraft hangar and flight deck.
What part of speech is battlecarrier?
Battlecarrier is a noun.
What is the plural of battlecarrier?
The plural of battlecarrier is battlecarriers.

Words near battlecarrier in the dictionary

  1. battleaxe
  2. battleaxes
  3. battleball
  4. battlebus
  5. battlebuses
  6. battlecarrier
  7. battlecarriers
  8. battlecloth
  9. battlecraft
  10. battlecrafts
  11. battlecruiser

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