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sloop-of-war

sloop-of-war noun: a warship with a single gundeck that carried up to eighteen guns.

Noun

sloop-of-war (plural sloops-of-war)

  1. (UK, historical) A warship with a single gundeck that carried up to eighteen guns.

Forms of sloop-of-war

pluralsloops-of-war

Questions about sloop-of-war

What does sloop-of-war mean?
Sloop-of-war means a warship with a single gundeck that carried up to eighteen guns.
What part of speech is sloop-of-war?
Sloop-of-war is a noun.
What is the plural of sloop-of-war?
The plural of sloop-of-war is sloops-of-war.

Words near sloop-of-war in the dictionary

  1. sloomed
  2. slooming
  3. slooms
  4. sloomy
  5. sloop
  6. sloop-of-war
  7. slooplike
  8. sloopman
  9. sloopmen
  10. sloops
  11. sloops-of-war

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