TORPEDO-BOAT DESTROYER

Meaning of TORPEDO-BOAT DESTROYER in English

/tawr pee"doh boht'/

a vessel somewhat larger than the ordinary torpedo boat, designed for destroying torpedo boats or as a more powerful form of torpedo boat.

[ 1890-95 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

TORPEDO-BOAT DESTROYER — noun Etymology: torpedo boat : a large, swift, and powerful armed torpedo boat originally intended principally for the destruction of …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TORPEDO-BOAT DESTROYER — () A larger, swifter, and more powerful armed type of torpedo boat, originally intended principally for the destruction of torpedo …
Английский словарь Webster
TORPEDO-BOAT DESTROYER — boat that has the capability to destroy boats that launch torpedoes
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
TORPEDO-BOAT DESTROYER — add. ·- a larger, swifter, and more powerful armed type of torpedo boat, originally intended principally for the destruction of …
Webster English vocab
TORPEDO-BOAT DESTROYER — эскадренный миноносец, эсминец
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
TORPEDO-BOAT DESTROYER — ист. эскадренный миноносец, эсминец
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
TORPEDO-BOAT DESTROYER — ист. эскадренный миноносец, эсминец
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
TORPEDO-BOAT DESTROYER — ист. эскадренный миноносец, эсминец
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
TORPEDO BOAT DESTROYER — 1) эсминец 2) эсминец
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь морских терминов
TORPEDO BOAT DESTROYER — 1) эсминец 2) эсминец
Англо-Русский морской словарь
TORPEDO-BOAT DESTROYER — эскадренный миноносец, эсминец
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
TORPEDO — n torpedo (1. [Mil.] as in submarine torpedo, aerial torpedo; 2. open car with torpedo body)
Interlingua English vocab
TORPEDO — ~. ~ TUBE: lansa-torpedo
English interlingue dictionary
DESTROYER — destróyer, torpedobot-chassero, destructor
English interlingue dictionary
DESTROYER — noun Date: 14th century one that destroys, a small fast warship used especially to support larger vessels and usually armed …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
TORPEDO — Cigar-shaped, self-propelled underwater missile , launched from a submarine , surface vessel, or airplane and designed to explode on contact …
Английский словарь Британика
DESTROYER — Fast naval vessel used to protect other ships. The term was first applied to vessels built in the 1890s to …
Английский словарь Британика
TORPEDO — I. tȯ(r)ˈpē(ˌ)dō noun Etymology: Latin torpedin-, torpedo stiffness, numbness, crampfish, from torpēre to be stiff, numb — more at torpid …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BOAT — I. ˈbōt, usu -d.+V noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English boot, from Old English bāt; akin to Old Norse …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DESTROYER — -ȯi(ə)r, -ȯiə noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English destroyer, destruyer, from destroyen, destruyen to destroy + -er 1. : …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TORPEDO — (n.) Any one of numerous species of elasmobranch fishes belonging to Torpedo and allied genera. They are related to the …
Английский словарь Webster
DESTROYER — (n.) = Torpedo-boat destroyer.
Английский словарь Webster
DESTROYER — (n.) One who destroys, ruins, kills, or desolates.
Английский словарь Webster
DESTROYER — ( n. ) One who destroys, ruins, kills, or desolates.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TORPEDO — — torpedolike , adj. /tawr pee"doh/ , n. , pl. torpedoes , v. , torpedoed, torpedoing . n. 1. a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DESTROYER — /di stroy"euhr/ , n. 1. a person or thing that destroys. 2. a fast, relatively small, warship armed mainly with …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BOAT — — boatable , adj. — boatless , adj. /boht/ , n. 1. a vessel for transport by water, constructed to …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TORPEDO — v. attack with a torpedo; damage with a torpedo; undermine, sabotage, destroy, subvert; detonate an explosive device inside an oil …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
DESTROYER — n. small warship; someone or something that destroys
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
TORPEDO — I. tȯr-ˈpē-(ˌ)dō noun ( plural -does ) Etymology: Latin, literally, stiffness, numbness, from torpēre to be sluggish or numb — …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BOAT — I. ˈbōt noun Etymology: Middle English boot, from Old English bāt; akin to Old Norse beit boat Date: before 12th …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DESTROYER — noun Date: 14th century 1. : one that destroys 2. : a small fast warship used especially to support larger …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TORPEDO — add. ·noun an automobile with a torpedo body. 2. torpedo ·vt to destroy by, or subject to the action of, …
Webster English vocab
DESTROYER — add. ·noun torpedo-boat destroyer. 2. destroyer ·noun one who destroys, ruins, kills, or desolates.
Webster English vocab
BOAT — vi to go or row in a boat. 2. boat ·vt to place in a boat; as, to boat oars. …
Webster English vocab
DESTROYER — ■ noun 1》 someone or something that destroys. 2》 a small, fast warship equipped for a defensive role against submarines …
Concise Oxford English vocab
TORPEDO — [tor.pe.do] n, pl -does [L, lit., stiffness, numbness, fr. torpere to be sluggish or numb--more at torpid] (ca. 1520) 1: …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BOAT — [boat] n [ME boot, fr. OE bat; akin to ON beit boat] (bef. 12c) 1 a: a small vessel for …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
TORPEDO — cigar-shaped, self-propelled underwater missile, launched from a submarine, surface vessel, or airplane and designed for exploding upon contact with the …
Britannica English vocabulary
DESTROYER — fast naval vessel that has served a variety of functions since the late 19th century. The term destroyer was first …
Britannica English vocabulary
TORPEDO — torpedo BrE AmE tɔː ˈpiːd əʊ AmE \ tɔːr ˈpiːd oʊ ▷ torpedo|es z ▶ tor ˈ pedo boat BrE …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
DESTROYER — destroyer BrE AmE di ˈstrɔɪ ə də- AmE \ - ə r ▷ destroyer|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
DESTROYER — / dɪˈstrɔɪə(r); NAmE / noun 1. a small fast ship used in war, for example to protect larger ships 2. …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BOAT — / bəʊt; NAmE boʊt/ noun 1. a vehicle (smaller than a ship) that travels on water, moved by oars , …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TORPEDO — I. tor ‧ pe ‧ do 1 /tɔːˈpiːdəʊ $ tɔːrˈpiːdoʊ/ BrE AmE noun ( plural torpedoes ) [countable] [ Date: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DESTROYER — de ‧ stroy ‧ er /dɪˈstrɔɪə $ -ər/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Word Family: noun : ↑ destroyer , …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BOAT — boat S1 W2 /bəʊt $ boʊt/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: bat ] 1 . …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TORPEDO — n. & v. --n. (pl. -oes) 1 a a cigar-shaped self-propelled underwater missile that explodes on impact with a ship. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BOAT — n. & v. --n. 1 a small vessel propelled on water by an engine, oars, or sails. 2 (in general …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TORPEDO — n. & v. n. (pl. -oes) 1 a a cigar-shaped self-propelled underwater missile that explodes on impact with a ship. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BOAT — n. & v. n. 1 a small vessel propelled on water by an engine, oars, or sails. 2 (in general …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TORPEDO — n. & v. --n. (pl. -oes) 1. a a cigar-shaped self-propelled underwater missile that explodes on impact with a ship. …
Oxford English vocab
BOAT — n. & v. --n. 1. a small vessel propelled on water by an engine, oars, or sails. 2 (in general …
Oxford English vocab
TORPEDO — ( torpedoes, torpedoing, torpedoed) 1. A torpedo is bomb that is shaped like a tube and that travels under water. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DESTROYER — ( destroyers) A destroyer is a small, heavily armed warship. N-COUNT
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BOAT — ( boats) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. A boat is something …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TORPEDO — I. noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ A number of motor torpedo boats were also brought in to be employed for …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DESTROYER — noun EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ Dams have been destroyers of fish habitats. EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ A final decision …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BOAT
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DESTROYER — [noun] [C]A destroyer is a small, fast military ship which carries weapons.A destroyer can also be a person or a …
Cambridge English vocab
BOAT — [noun] [C] - a small vehicle for travelling on water, or (informal) a shipa rowing/sailing boata fishing boatWe took turns …
Cambridge English vocab
DESTROYER — n. Fast naval vessel used to protect other ships. The term was first applied to vessels built in the 1890s …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
TORPEDO
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
BOAT — Synonyms and related words : almadia, argosy, ark, auto, autocar, automobile, auxiliary, barge, bark, bottom, bucket, buggy, bus, buss, canoe, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary

Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

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