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• The frigate has struck, sir! We've beaten them, the lily-livers!From the entry strike
• Lovingly restored and exquisitely maintained, the great frigate is docked at Boston and open to the public.2012, Ronald Utt, Ships of Oak, Guns of Iron: The War of 1812 and the Forging of the American Navy. From the entry rebuild
• A pair of lasery, talon-rich claws landed atop two capsized frigates to survey the damage.2008, Mister Rengerz [pseudonym], “Commotion from the Ocean”, in Ring Dragonz, Rockford, Ill.: Helm Publishing, →ISBN, page 243. From the entry lasery
• The masts of British frigates and U.S. warships blackwashed the piers at the Embarcadero.2004, Peter Plate, Fogtown, page 109. From the entry blackwash
• After a number of rebuilds and modifications, the frigate Constellation is now anchored in Baltimore Harbor as a museum.2012, Ronald Utt, Ships of Oak, Guns of Iron: The War of 1812 and the Forging of the American Navy. From the entry rebuild
• The French frigates did not provide much support to the fleet during the melée, unlike their British counterparts.2008, Nicholas Tracy, Nelson's Battles: The Triumph of British Seapower, Pen & Sword Books Limited, page 243. From the entry melée
• But the Golden Lion was ambushed by a Naval frigate thinking that a whaler's crew would be useful pressed men.2001, Arabella McIntyre-Brown, Liverpool: The First 1,000 years, page 79. From the entry whaler
• Cruisers perform routine independent "show the flag" patrols in settled systems and lead flotillas of frigates in small engagements, such as pirate suppression campaigns.2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Starships: Cruisers Codex entry. From the entry show the flag
• Such a ship as the Rose of Devon frigate, standing out for the open sea, is a sight the world no longer affords.1923, Charles Boardman Hawes, The Dark Frigate, Chapter 6. From the entry fiddlehead

Meaning of frigate

1. noun A sailing warship (of any size) built for speed and maneuverability; typically without raised upperworks, having a flush forecastle and tumblehome sides.
2. noun A sailing warship with a single continuous gun deck, typically used for patrolling and blockading duties, but not considered large enough for the line of battle.
3. noun A warship combining sail and steam propulsion, typically of ironclad timber construction, supplementing and superseding sailing ships of the line at the beginning of the development of the ironclad battleship.

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How do you use frigate in a sentence?

Frigate is used as a noun. For example: “The frigate has struck, sir! We've beaten them, the lily-livers!”

What is a short sentence with frigate?

“Frigates are light escort and scouting vessels.”

What does frigate mean?

Frigate means a sailing warship (of any size) built for speed and maneuverability; typically without raised upperworks, having a flush forecastle and tumblehome sides.