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chebec

chebec is the alternative form of xebec.

Meaning of xebec

Noun

xebec (plural xebecs)

  1. A small two-masted, and later three-masted, Mediterranean transport ship with an overhanging bow and stern.
    • Fourteen Xebecks loaded with Ammunition, Cannon, and other warlike Stores from Majorca, bound to any Part of Italy, where they could be landed for the Uſe of the Spaniſh Army, having got ſafe to Genoa in the latter End of June, Admiral Mathews on board of the Namur, with the Barfleur, Norfolk...1744, “a sea-officer” [Thomas Mathews?], A Narrative of the Proceedings of His Majesty’s Fleet in the Mediterranean, and the Combined Fleets of France and Spain, from the Year 1741, to March 1744....

Noun

chebec (plural chebecs)

  1. A small American bird (Empidonax minimus); the least flycatcher.

Forms of chebec

pluralchebecs

Origin of chebec

Imitative of its call.

Words that rhyme with chebec

44 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about chebec

What does chebec mean?
Chebec means a small American bird (Empidonax minimus); the least flycatcher.
What is chebec the alternative form of?
Chebec is the alternative form of xebec.
What part of speech is chebec?
Chebec is a noun.
What is the plural of chebec?
The plural of chebec is chebecs.

Words near chebec in the dictionary

  1. chebang
  2. chebangs
  3. Chebanse
  4. chebble
  5. Chebeague Island
  6. chebec
  7. chebecs
  8. chebeque
  9. chebeques
  10. Chebero
  11. Cheboksary

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Adapted from Wiktionary: chebec (page history and authors); xebec (page history and authors). 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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