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Definitions for Corvette
[1] a warship of the old sailing class, having a flush deck and usually one tier of guns.
[2] a lightly armed, fast ship used mostly for convoy escort and ranging in size between a destroyer and a gunboat.
[3] a lightly armed escort warship
Words related to Corvette
frigate, destroyer, battleship, submarine, gunboat, cutter, dreadnaught, cruiser, dreadnought
Words nearby Corvette
coruscate, coruscation, coruña, corvallis, corves, corvette, corvina, corvine, corvisart des marets, corvisart's facies, corvo
Origin of Corvette
1630–40; < French, Middle French < Middle Dutch corver pursuit boat (derivative of corf fishing boat, literally, basket), with suffix altered to -ette -ette
Word origin for Corvette
C17: from Old French, perhaps from Middle Dutch corf basket, small ship, from Latin corbis basket
Synonyms for Corvette
battleship, cutter, destroyer, frigate, gunboat, submarine, cruiser, dreadnaught, dreadnought