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tall ships

tall ships is the plural of tall ship.

Meaning of tall ship

Noun

tall ship (plural tall ships)

  1. A large sailing ship with multiple masts and rigged sails, usually used as a training vessel.
    • the Rose of Devon had been an ancient craft when King James died and King Charles succeeded to the throne. But she was a fine tall ship and staunch notwithstanding her years, and there was newly gilded carving on bow and stern and a new band of crimson ran her length.1923, Charles Boardman Hawes, The Dark Frigate, Chapter 6
    Synonyms:
    lofty ship

Questions about tall ships

What is tall ships the plural of?
Tall ships is the plural of tall ship.

Words near tall ships in the dictionary

  1. tall poppy syndrome
  2. tall reed
  3. tall reeds
  4. tall s
  5. tall ship
  6. tall ships
  7. tall stories
  8. tall story
  9. tall tale
  10. tall tales
  11. tall thistle

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