battleship

English

noun

Definitions

(military) Large capital warship displacing tens of thousands of tons, heavily armoured and armed with big guns. Battleships are now obsolescent, replaced by smaller vessels with guided missiles. Types: dreadnought, pre-dreadnought.
Non-functional rocket stage, used for configuration and integration tests.
A guessing game played on grid paper, see

Etymology

Compound from English battle (fruitful, n. attr, fertile) + English ship (relationship).

Origin

English

ship

Gloss

relationship

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

Earthship English
airship English
amidship English
antiship English
astroship English
battailous English
battle English
battle-cruiser English
battlebus English
battledress English
battlefield English
battlefront English
battleground English
battlegroup English
battleline English
battlemage English
battleplan English
battleplane English
battler English
battleshippy English
battlesome English
battlespace English
battlest English
battlesuit English
battleth English
battlewagon English
battleward English
battlewards English
battleworks English
battleworthy English
battlezone English
bioship English
blockship English
crackship English
cyberbattle English
disship English
drillship English
dropship English
enship English
fireship English
flagship English
foreship English
guardship English
gunbattle English
gunship English
inship English
lightship English
lodeship English
longship English
main battle tank English
megaship English
midbattle English
midship English
minibattle English
multiship English
nonbattle English
outbattle English
overbattle English
postbattle English
prebattle English
reship English
rocketship English
sailship English
schoolship English
scoutship English
sealship English
seedship English
ship English
ship-rigged English
shipboard English
shipborne English
shipbound English
shipbreach English
shipbreaker English
shipbreaking English
shipbroker English
shipbroking English
shipbuilder English
shipbuilding English
shipfic English
shipful English
shipfyrd English
shipgirl English
shiphandler English
shiphandling English
shipholder English
shipholding English
shipkiller English
shiplap English
shipless English
shiplet English
shiplike English
shipling English
shipload English
shiplord English
shiply English
shipman English
shipmaster English
shipmate English
shipment English
shipowner English
shipowning English
shippability English
shippable English
shippage English
shipper English
shippery English
shipping English
shippy English
shiproom English
shipshape English
shipside English
shipspeak English
shipstuff English
shipward English
shipwards English
shipway English
shipwide English
shipworker English
shipworm English
shipwreck English
shipwrecker English
shipwright English
shipyard English
skyship English
spaceship English
starship English
steamship English
stiffship English
storeship English
supership English
swanship English
tankship English
timeship English
towship English
tranship English
transship English
troopship English
unship English
warship English
whaleship English
баттл Russian
シップ Japanese
batel Middle English
ship Middle English
ŝipo Esperanto
sip Tok Pisin
sipi Sranan Tongo
sipw Chuukese