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U-boat

U-boat noun: any German submarine of the First or Second World War, or any Austro-Hungarian submarine of the First World War.

Noun

U-boat (plural U-boats)

  1. (historical) Any German submarine of the First or Second World War, or any Austro-Hungarian submarine of the First World War.
  2. A narrow utility cart with tall handles on both ends that is used to carry loads of retail products to be sold, so named because its shape is roughly that of a capital U.
  3. (slang) Nickname given to the General Electric Universal Series diesel-electric locomotives.

U-boat meaning in Tamil and Kannada

U-boat in Tamil

செர்மன் நீர்முழ்கிக் கப்பல்

U-boat in Kannada

ಒಳಹಡಗು

Forms of U-boat

pluralU-boats

Origin of U-boat

Calque of German U-Boot; retail sense separately coined and reinforced by the well-known historical U-boat.

Words formed from U-boat

Phrases with U-boat

Questions about U-boat

What does U-boat mean?
U-boat means any German submarine of the First or Second World War, or any Austro-Hungarian submarine of the First World War.
What is U-boat in Tamil?
U-boat in Tamil is செர்மன் நீர்முழ்கிக் கப்பல். See U-boat meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is U-boat?
U-boat is a noun.
What is the plural of U-boat?
The plural of U-boat is U-boats.

Words near U-boat in the dictionary

  1. U-47700
  2. U-barrel
  3. U-barrels
  4. U-bend
  5. U-bends
  6. U-boat
  7. U-boat ace
  8. U-boat aces
  9. U-boater
  10. U-boaters
  11. U-boats

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Adapted from Wiktionary: U-boat (page history and authors); U-boat (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); u-boat (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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