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CAPITAL SHIP
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Dictionary entry overview: What does capital ship mean?
• CAPITAL SHIP (noun)
The noun CAPITAL SHIP has 1 sense:
1. a warship of the first rank in size and armament
Familiarity information: CAPITAL SHIP used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A warship of the first rank in size and armament
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("capital ship" is a kind of...):
combat ship; war vessel; warship (a government ship that is available for waging war)
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