frigate
/ˈfɹɪɡ.ət/
A sailing warship built for speed and maneuverability; typically without raised upperworks, having a flush forecastle and tumblehome sides; A sailing warship with a single continuous gun deck, typically used for patrolling and blockading duties, but not considered large enough for the line of battle; A warship combining sail and steam propulsion, typically of ironclad timber construction, supplementing and superseding sailing ships of the line at the beginning of the development of the ironclad battleship
- plural
- frigates
Meanings
- 1
A sailing warship (of any size) built for speed and maneuverability; typically without raised upperworks, having a flush forecastle and tumblehome sides — Any of several types of warship
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A sailing warship with a single continuous gun deck, typically used for patrolling and blockading duties, but not considered large enough for the line of battle — Any of several types of warship
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A warship combining sail and steam propulsion, typically of ironclad timber construction, supplementing and superseding sailing ships of the line at the beginning of the development of the ironclad battleship — Any of several types of warship
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An escort warship, smaller than a destroyer, introduced in World War 2 as an anti-submarine vessel — Any of several types of warship
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A modern type of warship, equivalent in size or smaller than a destroyer, often focused on anti-submarine warfare, but sometimes general purpose — Any of several types of warship
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A warship or space warship, inspired by one of the many historic varieties of frigaterare
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A frigatebird (Fregata spp.)rare