Usually means: Small, nimble, historical sailing ship.
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  1. caravel: Merriam-Webster
  2. caravel: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. caravel: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. caravel: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Caravel, caravel: Wordnik
  6. caravel: Wiktionary
  7. caravel: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. caravel (caravelle or carvel): The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. caravel: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. Caravel, caravel: Dictionary.com
  11. caravel: Online Etymology Dictionary
  12. Caravel: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. Caravel: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. caravel: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  15. Caravel: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. caravel: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  17. caravel: FreeDictionary.org
  18. caravel: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. caravel: Encyclopedia

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  1. caravel: A Word A Day

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  1. caravel: LITTLE EXPLORERS(TM) Picture Dictionary

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  1. Caravel: Urban Dictionary

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  1. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (caravel)

▸ noun:  (nautical, historical) A light, usually lateen-rigged sailing ship used by the Portuguese and Spanish for about 300 years from the 15th century, first for trade and later for voyages of exploration.

Similar:
Caravelle, caraval, karvel, carvel, carrack, carack, carac, Carrick, caracoa, caracora, more...

Opposite:
junk, galley, frigate

Types:
nao, cog, barque, bark, brigantine, snow, schooner, carrier, pinnace, more...

Phrases:
portuguese caravel, Square-rigged caravel, operate a caravel, caravel feature, more...

Adjectives:
small, portuguese, spanish, other, little, light, rigged, real, single, masted, third

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    brown,     beige,     cream,     white,     teal, more...


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Similar:
Caravelle, caraval, karvel, carvel, carrack, carack, carac, Carrick, caracoa, caracora, more...

Opposite:
junk, galley, frigate

Types:
nao, cog, barque, bark, brigantine, snow, schooner, carrier, pinnace, more...

Phrases:
portuguese caravel, Square-rigged caravel, operate a caravel, caravel feature, more...

Adjectives:
small, portuguese, spanish, other, little, light, rigged, real, single, masted, third

Colors:
    brown,     beige,     cream,     white,     teal, more...



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