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battleship

/ˈbætlʃɪp/noun

उच्चारण बैट्ल्शिप

युद्धपोत

Core word

noun
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    a very large ship used in war, with big guns and heavy armour

    युद्धपोत

    • a navy battleship
    • The old battleship is now a museum visited by schoolchildren.
    • The navy launched a battleship with powerful guns.
    + 2 more examples
    • Battleships were once the most powerful ships at sea.
    • A battleship sank in the storm during the war.

    Synonyms warship man-of-war

§Structures (grammar patterns) 5

battleship (countable noun)

A battleship is a countable noun, written as one word; the plural is battleships.

'Battleship' countable noun है और एक शब्द में लिखा जाता है; इसका plural 'battleships' है।

  • A battleship was anchored in the bay.
  • Several battleships joined the naval exercise.

on / aboard a battleship

Use on or aboard for being on the ship, and in for the fleet or navy to which it belongs.

जहाज़ पर होने के लिए 'on' या 'aboard' और जिस बेड़े या नौसेना का वह भाग हो, उसके लिए 'in' का प्रयोग होता है।

  • The sailors lived aboard the battleship for months.
  • He served in a battleship of the navy.

the battleship + name

A ship's name often follows with the, as in the battleship Bismarck; ships are sometimes referred to as she in formal and literary writing.

जहाज़ का नाम प्रायः 'the' के साथ आता है, जैसे the battleship Bismarck; औपचारिक और साहित्यिक लेखन में जहाज़ के लिए कभी-कभी 'she' का प्रयोग होता है।

  • The battleship fired her guns at dawn.

battleship + noun

It forms compounds such as battleship gun, battleship grey and battleship museum.

इससे battleship gun, battleship grey और battleship museum जैसे compounds बनते हैं।

  • The walls were painted battleship grey.

battleship vs warship

Warship is the general word for any ship built for fighting; a battleship is one very large, heavily armoured type of warship.

'Warship' लड़ाई के लिए बने किसी भी जहाज़ का सामान्य शब्द है; 'battleship' युद्धपोत का एक बहुत बड़ा, भारी कवच वाला प्रकार है।

  • Every battleship is a warship, but not every warship is a battleship.
+Collocations 5

adjective + battleship

enormousheavily armedoldsteeliron-clad

  • The enormous battleship dwarfed the fishing boats.

verb + battleship

launchsinkcommandboardbuild

  • The navy launched a new battleship last year.

battleship + noun

gundeckcrewmuseumcaptain

  • The children climbed the battleship deck at the museum.

battleship + preposition

aboard a battleshipon the deck ofoff the coast

  • A battleship was seen off the coast.

battleship + in history

First World Warnaval fleetcoastal defencegrand fleet

  • Battleships ruled the seas in the First World War.
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  • The battleship was armed with twelve heavy guns.

युद्धपोत बारह भारी तोपों से लैस था।

  • An old battleship is now a museum in the harbour.

एक पुराना युद्धपोत अब बंदरगाह में संग्रहालय है।

  • The captain gave orders from the bridge of the battleship.

कप्तान ने युद्धपोत के ब्रिज से आदेश दिए।

  • Battleships were once the strongest weapons at sea.

युद्धपोत कभी समुद्र के सबसे शक्तिशाली हथियार थे।

  • The enemy battleship was sunk in a single night.

शत्रु का युद्धपोत एक ही रात में डुबो दिया गया।

  • The sailors polished the deck of the battleship before the admiral's inspection.

नौसैनिकों ने एडमिरल के निरीक्षण से पहले युद्धपोत के डेक को चमकाया।

≈Synonyms and antonyms

Synonyms

warship man-of-war

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General knowledge

INS Vikrant is India's first indigenous aircraft carrier (2022).

INS विक्रांत भारत का पहला स्वदेशी विमानवाहक पोत है (2022)।