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dreadnought

/ˈdrednɔːt/noun

उच्चारण ड्रेड्नॉट

विशाल युद्धपोत

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    a type of large, powerful warship used in the early twentieth century

    विशाल युद्धपोत

    • the dreadnoughts of the British navy
    • The museum has a model of a dreadnought, one of the great battleships of the early twentieth century.
    • The dreadnought changed naval warfare in the early twentieth century.
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    • History students learnt about the dreadnought and its large guns.
    • A dreadnought had thick armour and heavy guns for fighting other ships.

    Synonyms battleship warship man-of-war

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Synonyms

battleship warship man-of-war

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dread·nought

With -nought (meaning 'fear nothing').

अंत में -nought (अर्थ 'किसी से न डरने वाला')।

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Keep the warship words together: dreadnought, battleship, frigate (a fast warship), destroyer, aircraft carrier, submarine.

युद्धपोत के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: dreadnought, battleship, frigate (तेज़ युद्धपोत), destroyer, aircraft carrier (विमानवाहक पोत), submarine (पनडुब्बी)।

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General knowledge

History: HMS Dreadnought (1906) was a British battleship that started a naval arms race before the First World War.

इतिहास में HMS Dreadnought (1906) एक ब्रिटिश युद्धपोत था जिसने प्रथम विश्व युद्ध से पहले नौसैनिक हथियार-होड़ शुरू की।

INS Vikrant and INS Vikramaditya are India's aircraft carriers.

INS Vikrant और INS Vikramaditya भारत के विमानवाहक पोत हैं।