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surface combatant

surface combatant noun: a warship that floats on the surface of the ocean, as opposed to a submarine. Aircraft carriers are also generally excluded.

Noun

surface combatant (plural surface combatants)

  1. A warship that floats on the surface of the ocean, as opposed to a submarine. Aircraft carriers are also generally excluded.

Forms of surface combatant

pluralsurface combatants

Questions about surface combatant

What does surface combatant mean?
Surface combatant means a warship that floats on the surface of the ocean, as opposed to a submarine. Aircraft carriers are also generally excluded.
What part of speech is surface combatant?
Surface combatant is a noun.
What is the plural of surface combatant?
The plural of surface combatant is surface combatants.

Words near surface combatant in the dictionary

  1. surface boundary layer
  2. surface boundary layers
  3. surface car
  4. surface cars
  5. surface clutter
  6. surface combatant
  7. surface combatants
  8. surface discharge
  9. surface energies
  10. surface energy
  11. surface etymologies

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