TORPEDO BOAT

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Small high-speed warship designed for torpedo attacks in coastal waters

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Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("torpedo boat" 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 "torpedo boat"):

mosquito boat; mosquito craft; motor torpedo boat; PT boat (a small fast unarmored and lightly armed torpedo boat; P(atrol) T(orpedo) boat)