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large cruiser

large cruiser noun: the official US Navy designation for the Alaska-class cruisers, which were in commission from mid-1944 to early-1947 and were scrapped in the early 1960s.

Noun

large cruiser (plural large cruisers)

  1. The official US Navy designation for the Alaska-class cruisers, which were in commission from mid-1944 to early-1947 and were scrapped in the early 1960s.
    • US Navy hull classification symbol: CB

Forms of large cruiser

plurallarge cruisers

Origin of large cruiser

large + cruiser

Questions about large cruiser

What does large cruiser mean?
Large cruiser means the official US Navy designation for the Alaska-class cruisers, which were in commission from mid-1944 to early-1947 and were scrapped in the early 1960s.
What part of speech is large cruiser?
Large cruiser is a noun.
What is the plural of large cruiser?
The plural of large cruiser is large cruisers.

Words near large cruiser in the dictionary

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  2. large cardinal
  3. large cardinals
  4. large chequered skipper
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  6. large cruiser
  7. large curly brace
  8. large curly bracket
  9. large egret
  10. large format
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