dreadnought
noun/ˈdɹɛd.nɔːt/UK/ˈdɹɛd.nɔt/US/ˈdɹɛd.nɑt/CA
Etymology
Named after HMS Dreadnought, the first battleship finished of this type, itself named for Etymology 2.
Definitions
A battleship, especially of the World War I era, in which most of the firepower is…
A battleship, especially of the World War I era, in which most of the firepower is concentrated in large guns that are of the same caliber.
One that is the largest or the most powerful of its kind.
- Herbert steering the dreadnought limousine through the night, black cap on his black head.
One that fears nothing.
- “Lift up your head and your heart, O King. We must follow after this dreadnought, hard on her tracks.”
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Something that assures against fear.
The neighborhood
- neighboraircraft carrier
- neighborbattleship
- neighborcorvette
- neighborcruiser
- neighbordestroyer
- neighborfrigate
- neighborgunboat
- neighbormonitor
- neighborsloop
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for dreadnought. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA