"dreadnought" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈdɹɛd.nɔt/ [General-American] Forms: dreadnoughts [plural]
Rhymes: -ɔːt Etymology: Named after HMS Dreadnought, the first battleship finished of this type, itself named for Etymology 2. Head templates: {{en-noun}} dreadnought (plural dreadnoughts)
  1. (military, nautical, historical) A battleship, especially of the World War I era, in which most of the firepower is concentrated in large guns that are of the same caliber. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Military, Nautical, Clothing, Fabrics, People, Warships
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  2. (military, nautical, historical) A battleship, especially of the World War I era, in which most of the firepower is concentrated in large guns that are of the same caliber.
    (informal) Any type of warship heavier in armour or armament than a typical battleship.
    Tags: historical, informal Categories (topical): Military, Nautical, Clothing, Fabrics, People, Warships
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  3. (by extension) One that is the largest or the most powerful of its kind.
    (music) A type of acoustic guitar with a very large body and a waist that is less pronounced than on other guitar shapes, producing a deep, bold sound.
    Tags: broadly Categories (topical): Music, Clothing, Fabrics
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  4. (by extension) One that is the largest or the most powerful of its kind.
    A garment made of thick woollen cloth that can defend against storm and cold.
    Tags: broadly Categories (topical): Clothing, Fabrics, People
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  5. (by extension) One that is the largest or the most powerful of its kind.
    The cloth itself; fearnaught.
    Tags: broadly Categories (topical): Clothing, Fabrics, People
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  6. (by extension) One that is the largest or the most powerful of its kind. Tags: broadly
    Sense id: en-dreadnought-en-noun-4Kl0rADe
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: dreadnaught Derived forms: Dreadnoughtus, pre-dreadnought, predreadnought, semi-dreadnought, semidreadnought, super-dreadnought, superdreadnought Translations (battleship): دريدنوت (Arabic), дрэдно́ўт (drednóŭt) [masculine] (Belarusian), дредноут (drednout) [masculine] (Bulgarian), cuirassat [masculine] (Catalan), dreadnought (Catalan), 無畏艦 (Chinese Mandarin), 无畏舰 (wúwèijiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), slagschip [neuter] (Dutch), dreadnought (Finnish), panssarilaiva (Finnish), dreadnought [masculine] (French), დრედნოუტი (drednouṭi) (Georgian), ჯავშნოსანი გემი (ǯavšnosani gemi) (Georgian), Schlachtschiff [masculine] (German), דְּרֶדְנוֹט (drednot) [masculine] (Hebrew), ドレッドノート (doreddonōto) (Japanese), 弩級戦艦 (dokyūsenkan) (Japanese), 드레드노트 (deuredeunoteu) (Korean), drednoutas (Lithuanian), دریدنوت (Persian), drednot [masculine] (Polish), дредно́ут (drednóut) [masculine] (Russian), เดรดนอต (Thai), dretnot (Turkish)
Etymology number: 1 Disambiguation of 'battleship': 48 48 2 1 1 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈdɹɛd.nɔt/ [General-American] Forms: dreadnoughts [plural]
Rhymes: -ɔːt Etymology: From dread + nought. Etymology templates: {{af|en|dread|nought}} dread + nought Head templates: {{en-noun}} dreadnought (plural dreadnoughts)
  1. One that fears nothing.
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  2. Something that assures against fear.
    Sense id: en-dreadnought-en-noun-qM1ZR8TJ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: dreadnaught Related terms: aircraft carrier, battleship, corvette, cruiser, destroyer, frigate, gunboat, monitor, sloop
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "sense": "battleship",
      "word": "無畏艦"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "word": "dreadnought"
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      "word": "დრედნოუტი"
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      "sense": "battleship",
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    },
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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "battleship",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "Schlachtschiff"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "drednot",
      "sense": "battleship",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "דְּרֶדְנוֹט"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "doreddonōto",
      "sense": "battleship",
      "word": "ドレッドノート"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "dokyūsenkan",
      "sense": "battleship",
      "word": "弩級戦艦"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "deuredeunoteu",
      "sense": "battleship",
      "word": "드레드노트"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "battleship",
      "word": "drednoutas"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "battleship",
      "word": "دریدنوت"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "battleship",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "drednot"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "drednóut",
      "sense": "battleship",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "дредно́ут"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "battleship",
      "word": "เดรดนอต"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "battleship",
      "word": "dretnot"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dreadnought"
}

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    "English 2-syllable words",
    "English compound terms",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
    "English eponyms",
    "English exocentric verb-noun compounds",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Rhymes:English/ɔːt",
    "Rhymes:English/ɔːt/2 syllables",
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    "en:Fabrics",
    "en:People",
    "en:Warships"
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      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From dread + nought.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "dreadnoughts",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "aircraft carrier"
    },
    {
      "word": "battleship"
    },
    {
      "word": "corvette"
    },
    {
      "word": "cruiser"
    },
    {
      "word": "destroyer"
    },
    {
      "word": "frigate"
    },
    {
      "word": "gunboat"
    },
    {
      "word": "monitor"
    },
    {
      "word": "sloop"
    }
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  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "One that fears nothing."
      ],
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        [
          "fear",
          "fear"
        ],
        [
          "nothing",
          "nothing"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Something that assures against fear."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdɹɛd.nɔt/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɔːt"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "dreadnaught"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dreadnought"
}

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