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Battleship

//ˈbætəlˌʃɪp// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A large capital warship displacing thousands to tens of thousands of tons, heavily armoured and armed with large-caliber guns; now obsolescent and replaced by smaller vessels with guided missiles.
  2. 2
    large and heavily armoured warship wordnet
  3. 3
    A large capital warship displacing thousands to tens of thousands of tons, heavily armoured and armed with large-caliber guns; now obsolescent and replaced by smaller vessels with guided missiles.; A starship of comparable role broadly
  4. 4
    A ship of the line. archaic
  5. 5
    A non-functional rocket stage, used for configuration and integration tests.
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  1. 6
    A guessing game played on grid paper; see Battleship (game).

Etymology

From battle + ship; shortened from line-of-battle ship, attested 1794.

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