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corvette::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | combat ship, war vessel, warship |
Examples of corvette
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Corvette enthusiasts, the moment you've all been waiting for has finally arrived.
From the wheels.blogs.nytimes.com
Corvette altered the social fabric of Warren County in two consequential ways.
From the stltoday.com
In 1845, a two-year research expedition was launched on the corvette Galathea.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The Swedish Visby-class corvette was one of the models on which LCS was based.
From the nation.time.com
Corvette owners are encouraged to bring their cars to be judged that evening.
From the dailyherald.com
The German Braunschweig class corvette and French Gowind have been mentioned so far.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The atmosphere is soured by the recent sinking of a South Korean corvette.
From the time.com
Later, the British captured two of the expedition's vessels, a frigate and a corvette.
From the thisismoney.co.uk
The captain opened fire, but after fifteen minutes of combat the corvette surrendered.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- A highly maneuverable escort warship; smaller than a destroyer
- A corvette is a small, maneuverable, lightly armed warship, originally smaller than a frigate (2000+ tons) and larger than a coastal patrol craft or Fast Attack Craft (500 or fewer tons) , although many recent designs resemble frigates in size and role. ...
- The Chevrolet Corvette is sports car produced by the Chevrolet division of General Motors. The first model was designed by Harley Earl and introduced at the GM Motorama in 1953. Myron Scott is credited for naming the car after the Corvette, a small, maneuverable warship. ...
- Corvette is a pinball machine produced by Midway (released under the Bally name). It is based on the sports car line of the same name.
- Corvette is a racing video game in which players race in cars from the 1950s and unlock cars in career mode to race cars from 1953 to 2003. Players can customize cars to fit their driving style. The game features traffic and policemen. The tracks come from Chicago and go to L.A.
- A flush-decked warship of the 17th-18th centuries having a single tier of guns; it ranked next below a frigate; -- called in the United States navy a sloop of war; In a modern navy, a lightly armed and armoured blue water warship, smaller than a frigate, capable of trans-oceanic duty
- Former codename for mobile AMD Athlon (now Palomino).
- Middle ground combatant capital craft, falling between the cruiser and the destroyer in size and capablity. Equipped with between two and four anticapital weapons and considerably more impressive antifighter armament than a cruiser. ...
- A type of expensive sports car.
