battleship
noun
- large armored warship with a main battery consisting of heavy caliber guns
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈbætəlˌʃɪp/
noun
Etymology: From battle + ship; shortened from line-of-battle ship, attested 1794.
- 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.
- A starship of comparable role.
- A ship of the line.
- A non-functional rocket stage, used for configuration and integration tests.
- A guessing game played on grid paper or a gameboard inspired by it.