battleship

CEFRB2

/ˈbætəlˌʃɪp/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    large and heavily armoured warship.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A ship of the line.

Examples

  • It took many torpedo hits to send the battleship Bismarck to Davy Jones's locker.

  • Tom and Mary are playing battleship.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

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Parts of speech
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Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A starship of comparable role.

  2. 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.

  3. A non-functional rocket stage, used for configuration and integration tests.

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Origin

noun

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