frigate
5
8.2
- noun
- /ˈfrɪɡɪt/
- Specialized
:
fragata
- The subject population was comprised of officers and enlisted crew from two U.S. Navy ships: a frigate (FFG) and a guided missile cruiser (CG).
- missile frigate
- guided missile frigates
Examples
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Orion holds her fire until she passes the French frigate, then returns fire at point blank range.
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Prepare two frigates and two smaller vessels in the greatest secrecy.
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It's a frigate, US, probably, Perry class.
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We shall be needing that frigate.
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"Targets, sir?" "Target the southern corvette, turn, and target the eastern frigate," he said in a low voice.
Fiction book (1991) -
Each they may have been, but a single frigate was still engaged in a duel with three ships of the line twice its size.
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I think we can get away with just one aircraft carrier and a couple of little frigates.
Blog text (28) -
The Sloop USS Cumberland and frigate USS Congress were on station.
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Cushing was appointed an acting Master's Mate on the USS Minnesota, a steam frigate of 47 guns.
Blog text (26) -
The frigate was deployed to patrol the waters during the military exercise.
Synonyms
140
3.6
A navy boat built for fighting at sea
2
4.9
A military ship that moves and fights on the water's surface, not underwater
1
7.5
A navy ship with guided missiles that escorts and protects other ships
Compounds
1
7.8
Large tropical seabird with long wings and a forked tail that often steals food from other birds while flying
- Specialized
1
7.5
A navy ship with guided missiles that escorts and protects other ships
How Big
- Archaic
68
5.5
- Specialized
50
7.4
- Specialized
5
8.2
- Specialized
62
7.3
- Specialized
7
3.5
Surface Forms
Etymology
Frigate keeps the old name from Italian fregata, which meant a quick escort ship. That's why a modern frigate is still a warship made for 'escort' and protection, usually larger than a destroyer but smaller than a cruiser.