carro-chefe — meaning in English

English meaning

• flagship noun The ship that carries a fleet commander and flies their flag.
• mainstay noun The main thing that something relies on for support.

Senses

carro-chefe is used for these senses in English:

• flagship (by extension, often, attributive) The most important one out of a related group.
• mainstay A chief support.

flagship — full definition

1. noun The ship that carries a fleet commander and flies their flag.
2. noun The most important or best-known item in a group, especially a company's top product or a lead branch of an organization.

mainstay — full definition

1. noun The main thing that something relies on for support.
2. noun A person or thing you can always count on to play a steady, important part.
3. noun A rope running from near the top of a ship's mainmast down to the foremast, used to hold it steady.

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