WAR VESSEL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does war vessel mean? 

• WAR VESSEL (noun)
  The noun WAR VESSEL has 1 sense:

1. a government ship that is available for waging war

  Familiarity information: WAR VESSEL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WAR VESSEL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A government ship that is available for waging war

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

combat ship; war vessel; warship

Hypernyms ("war vessel" is a kind of...):

ship (a vessel that carries passengers or freight)

military vehicle (vehicle used by the armed forces)

Meronyms (parts of "war vessel"):

naval gun (naval weaponry consisting of a large gun carried on a warship)

conning tower (an armored pilothouse on a warship)

Domain category:

armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "war vessel"):

battleship; battlewagon (large and heavily armoured warship)

torpedo boat (small high-speed warship designed for torpedo attacks in coastal waters)

three-decker (a warship carrying guns on three decks)

surface ship (a warship that operates on the surface of the water)

submersible; submersible warship (a warship designed to operate under water)

sloop of war (a sailing or steam warship having cannons on only one deck)

privateer (a privately owned warship commissioned to prey on the commercial shipping or warships of an enemy nation)

man-of-war; ship of the line (a warship intended for combat)

ironclad (a wooden warship of the 19th century that is plated with iron or steel armor)

guard ship (a warship (at anchor or under way) required to maintain a higher degree of readiness than others in its squadron)

frigate (a medium size square-rigged warship of the 18th and 19th centuries)

frigate (a United States warship larger than a destroyer and smaller than a cruiser)

destroyer escort (warship smaller than a destroyer; designed to escort fleets or convoys)

destroyer; guided missile destroyer (a small fast lightly armored but heavily armed warship)

cruiser (a large fast warship; smaller than a battleship and larger than a destroyer)

corvette (a highly maneuverable escort warship; smaller than a destroyer)

capital ship (a warship of the first rank in size and armament)

aircraft carrier; attack aircraft carrier; carrier; flattop (a large warship that carries planes and has a long flat deck for takeoffs and landings)

Holonyms ("war vessel" is a member of...):

fleet (a group of warships organized as a tactical unit)