CORVETTE meaning: Small, fast, maneuverable warship type

We found 25 dictionaries that define the word corvette:

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corvette: Merriam-Webster
corvette: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
corvette: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
corvette: Collins English Dictionary
corvette: Vocabulary.com
Corvette, corvette: Wordnik
Corvette, corvette: Wiktionary
corvette: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
corvette: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
corvette: Infoplease Dictionary
Corvette, corvette: Dictionary.com
corvette: Online Etymology Dictionary
Corvette (automobile), Corvette (car), Corvette (disambiguation), Corvette (ship), Corvette (video game), Corvette: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
Corvette: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
corvette: Rhymezone
Corvette: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
corvette: FreeDictionary.org
corvette: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
corvette: Mnemonic Dictionary
corvette: TheFreeDictionary.com

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corvette: Encyclopedia

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)

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SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (

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▸ noun:  (nautical, historical) A flush-decked warship of the 17th-18th centuries having a single tier of guns; it ranked next below a frigate; – called in the United States navy a sloop of war.
▸ noun:  (nautical) In a modern navy, a lightly armed and armoured blue water warship, smaller than a frigate, capable of transoceanic duty.
▸ noun:  (science fiction, by extension) A starship of comparable role
▸ noun:  A type of sports car, manufactured by Chevrolet from 1953 to present.

Opposite:

minivan, station wagon, sedan, SUV

Types:

Stingray, C3, C4, C5, C6, C7, ZR1, more...

Phrases:

Chevrolet Corvette, Visby-class corvette, Flower-class corvette, Steregushchiy-class corvette, Type 056 corvette, more...

Adjectives:

new, french, red, british, black, english, little, gun, white, generation, old

Colors:

arctic white, black, shadow gray, more...

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