battleship

== English == === Etymology === From battle +‎ ship; shortened from line-of-battle ship, attested 1794. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbætəlˌʃɪp/ === Noun === battleship (plural battleships) (military, nautical) 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. (science fiction, by extension) A starship of comparable role (military, nautical, archaic) A ship of the line. A non-functional rocket stage, used for configuration and integration tests. A guessing game played on grid paper; see Battleship (game). ==== Hyponyms ==== (type of warship): dreadnought pre-dreadnought semi-dreadnought super-dreadnought treaty battleship ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== battlecruiser ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== dreadnought cruiser destroyer frigate sloop corvette monitor gunboat torpedo boat aircraft carrier === References === Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “battleship”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.