battleship
/ˈbætəlˌʃɪp/
battleship noun: a large capital warship displacing thousands to tens of thousands of tons, heavily armoured and armed with large-caliber guns; now obsolescent and replaced by smaller vessels with guided missiles.
Noun
battleship (plural battleships)
- A large capital warship displacing thousands to tens of thousands of tons, heavily armoured and armed with large-caliber guns; now obsolescent and replaced by smaller vessels with guided missiles.
- A starship of comparable role.
- A ship of the line.
- A non-functional rocket stage, used for configuration and integration tests.
- A guessing game played on grid paper or a gameboard inspired by it.
battleship meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali
battleship in Hindi
- type of warship
- युद्धपोत yuddhapot
battleship in Marathi
- लढाऊ जहाज
battleship in Urdu
- جنگی جہاز
battleship in Bengali
- রণতরী, যুদ্ধজাহাজ
More languagesFewer languages
- battleship in Malayalam
- യുദ്ധക്കപ്പൽ yuddhakkappal, പടക്കപ്പൽ paṭakkappal
- battleship in Kannada
- ಯುದ್ಧನೌಕೆ
- battleship in Gujarati
- લડાયક જહાજ
- battleship in Nepali
- लडाकु जहाज
- battleship in Tagalog
- bapor-pandigma
- battleship in Thai
- เรือประจัญบาน
Examples of battleship in a sentence
- The submarine sent out a ping and got an echo from a battleship.
- The battleship was protected by a twelve-inch belt just above the waterline.
- As soon as the battleship docked in Singapore, Roger jumped ship, never to return.
Forms of battleship
| plural | battleships |
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Origin of battleship
From battle + ship; shortened from line-of-battle ship, attested 1794.
Words formed from battleship
- battleship curve
- battleship gray
- battleship-gray
- battleship-grey
- battleship grey
- battleshippy
- battleship-shaped curve
- fast battleship
- heavy battleship
- land battleship
- light battleship
- pocket battleship
- super battleship
Phrases with battleship
Questions about battleship
- What does battleship mean?
- Battleship means a large capital warship displacing thousands to tens of thousands of tons, heavily armoured and armed with large-caliber guns; now obsolescent and replaced by smaller vessels with guided missiles.
- What is battleship in Hindi?
- Battleship in Hindi is युद्धपोत (yuddhapot). See Battleship meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is battleship?
- Battleship is a noun.
- How do you pronounce battleship?
- Battleship is pronounced /ˈbætəlˌʃɪp/ (US).
- What is the plural of battleship?
- The plural of battleship is battleships.
Words near battleship in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: battleship (page history and authors); battleship (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); battleship (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); battleship (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); battleship (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); battleship (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); battleship (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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