(~s)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
A ~ is a group of ships organized to do something together, for example to fight battles or to catch fish.
...restaurants supplied by local fishing ~s.
N-COUNT: usu supp N
2.
A ~ of vehicles is a group of them, especially when they all belong to a particular organization or business, or when they are all going somewhere together.
With its own ~ of trucks, the company delivers most orders overnight...
N-COUNT: oft N of n