corvet

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A form of corvette — A flush-decked warship of the 17th-18th centuries having a single tier of guns; it ranked next below a frigate; called in the United States navy a sloop-of-war.

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Meanings

corvet1

nouncorvet (plural corvets)

plural corvets

  1. obsoleteObsolete spelling of corvette.

corvet2

nouncorvet (plural corvets)

plural corvets

  1. archaicArchaic form of curvet.
verbcorvet (third-person singular simple present corvets, present participle corveting or corvetting, simple past and past participle corveted or corvetted)

present singular third person corvets · participle present corveting · participle present corvetting · participle past corveted · past corveted · participle past corvetted · past corvetted

  1. archaicArchaic form of curvet.

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

corvet. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/corvet

MLA

“corvet.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/corvet. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “corvet,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/corvet.

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