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CVL

CVL is the abbreviation of light carrier.

Meaning of light carrier

Noun

light carrier (plural light carriers)

  1. A category of aircraft carrier smaller in size and with a lower aircraft complement than a navy's standard carriers.
    Synonyms:
    CVL, light aircraft carrer

Forms of CVL

pluralCVLs

Origin of CVL

* (light carrier): CV (“aircraft carrier”) + L (“light”)

Questions about CVL

What is CVL the abbreviation of?
CVL is the abbreviation of light carrier.

Words near CVL in the dictionary

  1. CVH
  2. CVHs
  3. CVI
  4. CVID
  5. CVIDs
  6. CVL
  7. cvm
  8. CVMs
  9. CVN
  10. CVNs
  11. cvnt

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Adapted from Wiktionary: CVL (page history and authors); light carrier (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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