NAVAL FORCES

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

An organization of military vessels belonging to a country and available for sea warfare

Synonyms:

naval forces; navy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("naval forces" is a kind of...):

armed service; military service; service (a force that is a branch of the armed forces)

Meronyms (members of "naval forces"):

naval unit (a military unit that is part of a navy)

fleet (a group of warships organized as a tactical unit)

Domain category:

Domain member category:

broadside (the simultaneous firing of all the armament on one side of a warship)

broadside (all of the armament that is fired from one side of a warship)

station ((nautical) the location to which a ship or fleet is assigned for duty)