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corvettes

corvettes is the plural of corvette.

Meaning of corvette

Noun

corvette (plural corvettes)

  1. (historical) A flush-decked warship of the 17th-18th centuries having a single tier of guns; it ranked next below a frigate; called in the United States navy a sloop-of-war.
  2. In a modern navy, a lightly armed and armoured blue water warship, smaller than a frigate, capable of transoceanic duty.
    1. (broadly) A starship of comparable role

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Noun capitalized: Corvettes

Corvettes

  1. (plural) plural of Corvette

Questions about corvettes

What is corvettes the plural of?
Corvettes is the plural of corvette.
What part of speech is corvettes?
Corvettes is a noun.

Words near corvettes in the dictionary

  1. corvets
  2. corvette
  3. corvette captain
  4. corvette lieutenant
  5. corvetted
  6. corvettes
  7. corvetting
  8. corvettings
  9. corvetto
  10. corvettos
  11. corvi

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