Meaning

5 senses
  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.

    large and heavily armoured warship

  2. (broadly)A starship of comparable role.

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

  4. A guessing game played on grid paper or a gameboard inspired by it.

    Schiffe versenken

    морско́й бойmorskój boj

  5. (archaic)A ship of the line.

Examples

9 sentences
  1. You sunk my battleship.

    Ти потопив мій лінкор. — Rovo

    ruВы потопили мой линкор. — marafon

    deDu hast mein Schlachtschiff versenkt. — Rovo

  2. Tom and Mary are playing battleship.

    ruТом и Мэри играют в морской бой. — Karok

    deTom und Mary spielen "Schiffe versenken". — al_ex_an_der

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  3. He is the captain of a battleship.

  4. The battleship did not dare come within range of the coastal batteries.

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  5. Come over to my place after the movie and we'll play Battleship.

Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
guessing game:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
guessing game:

Origin

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

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

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Forms

plural: battleships
Singularbattleship
Pluralbattleships

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

7 related words

See also

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