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U-boats

U-boats is the plural of U-boat.

Meaning of U-boat

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.

Questions about U-boats

What is U-boats the plural of?
U-boats is the plural of U-boat.

Words near U-boats in the dictionary

  1. U-boat
  2. U-boat ace
  3. U-boat aces
  4. U-boater
  5. U-boaters
  6. U-boats
  7. U-bolt
  8. U-bolts
  9. U-bomb
  10. U-bombs
  11. U-drum

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Adapted from Wiktionary: U-boats (page history and authors); U-boat (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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