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spar torpedo

spar torpedo noun: a weapon consisting of a bomb placed at the end of a long pole, or spar, attached to a boat, and used by ramming the end of the spar into an enemy ship before detonating the bomb.

Noun

spar torpedo (plural spar torpedoes or spar torpedos)

  1. A weapon consisting of a bomb placed at the end of a long pole, or spar, attached to a boat, and used by ramming the end of the spar into an enemy ship before detonating the bomb.

Forms of spar torpedo

pluralspar torpedoes
pluralspar torpedos

Questions about spar torpedo

What does spar torpedo mean?
Spar torpedo means a weapon consisting of a bomb placed at the end of a long pole, or spar, attached to a boat, and used by ramming the end of the spar into an enemy ship before detonating the bomb.
What part of speech is spar torpedo?
Spar torpedo is a noun.
What is the plural of spar torpedo?
The plural of spar torpedo is spar torpedoes.

Words near spar torpedo in the dictionary

  1. spar
  2. spar buoy
  3. spar buoys
  4. spar deck
  5. spar decks
  6. spar torpedo
  7. spar torpedoes
  8. spar torpedos
  9. spar-hawk
  10. spar-hawks
  11. sparable

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