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gun boat

gun boat is the alternative form of gunboat.

Meaning of gunboat

Noun

gunboat (plural gunboats)

  1. Any of the various types of small armed vessels.
    • Nothing beats a gunboat. HMS Illustrious glided out of Portsmouth on Monday, past HMS Victory and cheering crowds of patriots. Within a week it will be off Gibraltar, a mere cannon shot from Cape Trafalgar.2013 August 14, Simon Jenkins, “Gibraltar and the Falklands deny the logic of history”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 22 Apr 2021

Forms of gun boat

pluralgun boats

Questions about gun boat

What is gun boat the alternative form of?
Gun boat is the alternative form of gunboat.

Words near gun boat in the dictionary

  1. gun
  2. gun barrel
  3. gun barrel tank
  4. gun barrel tanks
  5. gun barrels
  6. gun boat
  7. gun boats
  8. gun brush
  9. gun brushes
  10. gun carriage
  11. gun carriages

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