BATTLEWAGON

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Large and heavily armoured warship

Synonyms:

battleship; battlewagon

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("battlewagon" is a kind of...):

combat ship; war vessel; warship (a government ship that is available for waging war)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "battlewagon"):

dreadnaught; dreadnought (battleship that has big guns all of the same caliber)

pocket battleship (a small battleship built to conform with treaty limitations on tonnage and armament (from 1925 to 1930))