A battleship is a very large, heavily armed warship.
Synonyms: warship, gunboat, man-of-war, ship of the line More Synonyms of battleship
battleship in British English
(ˈbætəlˌʃɪp) or battlewagon (ˈbætəlˌwæɡən)
noun
1.
a heavily armoured warship of the largest type having many large-calibre guns
2.
(formerly) a warship of sufficient size and armament to take her place in the line of battle; ship of the line
battleship in American English
(ˈbætəlˌʃɪp)
US
noun
any of a class of large warships with the biggest guns and very heavy armor
Examples of 'battleship' in a sentence
battleship
His physique is now that of a pocket battleship.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
He was a pocket battleship and what made him dominant was the strength of his body and the power of his shot.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The firepower of the British battleship now proved decisive.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
The visitors changing rooms are now smaller, have no electricity and are painted a gloomy battleship grey.
The Sun (2009)
Each stem reached a height of just nine inches and, curiously, was battleship grey.
The Sun (2007)
The raid resulted in the sinking or damaging of eight US battleships, three cruisers and three destroyers.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
But only a nation so absurdly rich could have built two hundred battleships, carriers and cruisers in the war years, as well as a thousand smaller ships.
Max Hastings Nemesis: The Battle for Japan, 194445 (2007)
In other languages
battleship
British English: battleship /ˈbætlˌʃɪp/ NOUN
A battleship is a very large, heavily armoured warship.
American English: battleship
Arabic: سَفِينَة حَرْبِيَّة
Brazilian Portuguese: couraçado
Chinese: 战舰
Croatian: ratni brod
Czech: bitevní loď
Danish: slagskib
Dutch: slagschip
European Spanish: acorazado
Finnish: sotalaiva
French: cuirassé
German: Kriegsschiff
Greek: θωρηκτό
Italian: corazzata
Japanese: 戦艦
Korean: 전함
Norwegian: slagskip
Polish: okręt wojenny
European Portuguese: couraçado
Romanian: cuirasat
Russian: линкор
Latin American Spanish: acorazado
Swedish: slagskepp
Thai: เรือรบ
Turkish: muharebe zırhlısı
Ukrainian: лінкор
Vietnamese: chiến hạm
Chinese translation of 'battleship'
battleship
(ˈbætlʃɪp)
n(c)
战(戰)列舰(艦) (zhànlièjiàn) (艘, sōu)
(noun)
Definition
a large heavily armoured warship
the rumble of a great battleship going down the slipway