destroyer escort
1
8.0
- noun
- /dɪˈstrɔɪər ˈɛskɔrt/
- Archaic
:
escolta de destructores
- During the war, each convoy had a destroyer escort to ensure its safety across the ocean.
The story claims that the US Navy made the USS Eldridge destroyer escort.
- The story claims that the US Navy made the USS Eldridge destroyer escort.
Examples
-
The other one's a destroyer escort.
-
Nine colliers and a destroyer escort, sir.
-
U.S. losses included one carrier, two escort carriers, two destroyers, and a destroyer escort.
Fiction book (1990) -
One was a radarman on a destroyer escort around Okinawa during the Kamikaze attacks.
Blog text (11) -
Destroyer escorts are now replaced with missile-firing cruisers.
Blog text (23) -
Eusen is assigned to the USS Samuel B Roberts, a destroyer escort in the Atlantic Fleet.
-
"And it was then that Commander Chow realized what it was—the largest, most powerful vessel in the Philippine inventory, the PF-class destroyer escort frigate.
Fiction book (1991) -
The naval fleet was accompanied by a small destroyer escort to protect against enemy submarines.
-
The commander ordered additional destroyer escorts to support the transport ships in hostile waters.
Synonyms
140
3.6
A navy boat built for fighting at sea
62
7.3
A small fast warship with strong weapons that protects larger ships from submarines and planes
43
8.2
A small, fast warship that escorts other ships
5
8.2
A modern warship larger than a destroyer but smaller than a cruiser
2
4.9
A military ship that moves and fights on the water's surface, not underwater
1
7.5
A fast military ship that carries weapons that can steer themselves to attack ships and aircraft
1
7.5
A navy ship with guided missiles that escorts and protects other ships
A ship a government uses for fighting at sea
How Big
- Specialized
50
7.4
- Specialized
62
7.3
- Archaic
1
8.0
- Specialized
43
8.2
- Specialized
7
3.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound is compositionally transparent: a B1 learner who knows 'destroyer' (a naval warship) and 'escort' (one who accompanies for protection) can infer it refers to a warship used to escort and protect. The exact technical detail (smaller than a destroyer) is specialist, but the core meaning is directly derivable and follows common noun+noun compounding patterns found cross-linguistically.
Etymology
Destroyer escort: The name destroyer escort comes from the words destroyer and escort, where a destroyer is a warship and to escort means to go with and protect. In World War II these ships acted like a 'bodyguard' for convoys, keeping them safe from submarines, so the name now means 'a small warship used to protect fleets or convoys'.