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Seabees

Seabees is the plural of Seabee.

Meaning of Seabee

Noun

Seabee (plural Seabees)

  1. (US) A construction battalion of the United States Navy, responsible for building, bulldozing, etc.
    • The Navy is establishing a new Construction Battalion, or Seabee, unit in Charleston, S. C., Senator Strom Thurmond, Republican of South Carolina, said today.1971 January 20, “Seabee Unit in Charleston”, in The New York Times, page 15
  2. A member of this force.
    • The Sixty-third Naval Construction Battalion, 15 per cent of which is composed of World War I veterans, arrived here today. The group, which includes 741 Seabees, will be processed for thirty-day leaves before reassignment, the Navy announced.1945 August 26, “Seabee Battalion Returns”, in The New York Times, page 4

Questions about Seabees

What is Seabees the plural of?
Seabees is the plural of Seabee.

Words near Seabees in the dictionary

  1. seabeard
  2. seabeards
  3. seabed
  4. seabeds
  5. Seabee
  6. Seabees
  7. Seaberg
  8. Seabergs
  9. seaberries
  10. seaberry
  11. Seaberrys

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