battleship

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US/ˈbætəlˌʃɪp/

noun

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.

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Meanings

nounbattleship (plural battleships)

plural battleships

  1. governmentA 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. broadlyliteratureA starship of comparable role.
  3. archaicgovernmentA ship of the line.
  4. A non-functional rocket stage, used for configuration and integration tests.
  5. A guessing game played on grid paper or a gameboard inspired by it.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounlarge and heavily armoured warship

Similar
battlewagon
Broader
warshipwar vesselcombat ship
Also see
battlewagon

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

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

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Translations

Catalan cuirassat
  • cuirassattype of warship
Chinese Cantonese 戰艦 /战舰
  • 戰艦 /战舰 (zin³ laam⁶)type of warship
Chinese Mandarin 戰艦 /战舰, 戰列艦 /战列舰
  • 戰艦 /战舰 (zhànjiàn)type of warship
  • 戰列艦 /战列舰 (zhànlièjiàn)type of warship
  • 海戰 /海战 (hǎizhàn)guessing game
Czech bitevní loď, lodě
  • bitevní loďtype of warship
  • loděguessing game
Danish slagskib, sænke slagskibe
  • slagskibtype of warship
  • sænke slagskibeguessing game
Dutch slagschip, zeeslag
  • slagschiptype of warship
  • zeeslagguessing game
Esperanto batalŝipo, marbatalo
  • batalŝipotype of warship
  • marbataloguessing game
Estonian lahingulaev
  • lahingulaevtype of warship
Finnish taistelulaiva, laivanupotus
  • taistelulaivatype of warship
  • laivanupotusguessing game
  • laivastopeliguessing game
French cuirassé, bataille navale
  • cuirassétype of warship
  • bataille navaleguessing game
German Schiffe versenken
  • Schiffe versenkenguessing game
Greek θωρηκτό, ναυμαχία
  • θωρηκτό (thoriktó)type of warship
  • ναυμαχία (navmachía)guessing game
Hebrew אֳנִיַּת מַעֲרָכָה
  • אֳנִיַּת מַעֲרָכָה (oniyat ma'arakha)type of warship
Hindi युद्धपोत
  • युद्धपोत (yuddhapot)type of warship
Hungarian csatahajó, torpedó
  • csatahajótype of warship
  • torpedóguessing game
Italian corazzata, nave corazzata
  • corazzatatype of warship
  • nave corazzatatype of warship
  • battaglia navaleguessing game
Japanese 戦艦, 海戦ゲーム
  • 戦艦 (senkan)type of warship
  • 海戦ゲーム (kaisen gēmu)guessing game
Korean 전함, 배틀십
  • 전함 (jeonham)type of warship
  • 배틀십 (baeteulsip)guessing game
Norwegian Bokmål slagskip
  • slagskiptype of warship
Polish pancernik, makieta strukturalna
  • pancerniktype of warship
  • makieta strukturalnanon-functional rocket stage
  • okrętyguessing game
  • statkiguessing game
Portuguese couraçado, encouraçado
  • couraçadotype of warship
  • encouraçadotype of warship
  • batalha navalguessing game
Russian морско́й бой
  • морско́й бой (morskój boj)guessing game
Slovak bitevná loď
  • bitevná loďtype of warship
Spanish acorazado
  • acorazadotype of warship
Swedish slagskepp, sänka skepp
  • slagskepptype of warship
  • sänka skeppguessing game
Tagalog bapor-pandigma
  • bapor-pandigmatype of warship
Thai เรือประจัญบาน
  • เรือประจัญบานtype of warship
Turkish savaş gemisi, amiral battı
  • savaş gemisitype of warship
  • amiral battıguessing game
Cite this entry
APA

battleship. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/battleship

MLA

“battleship.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/battleship. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “battleship,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/battleship.

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