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броненосец — meaning in English

bronenosets

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English meaning

  • armadillo noun A burrowing mammal native to the Americas, covered in tough, jointed armor-like plates.
  • battleship noun A large, heavily armoured warship carrying big guns, once the dominant class of naval vessel but now largely retired in favour of missile-armed ships.
  • ironclad adj So solid or certain that it cannot reasonably be disputed or broken.

Senses

броненосец is used for these senses in English:

  • armadillo Any of the burrowing mammals covered with bony, jointed, protective plates, families Dasypodidae and Chlamyphoridae in the order Cingulata, found in the Americas, especially in South America.
  • ironclad A ship, vessel, or vehicle with a covering of iron, steel, or (loosely) any other tough metal.

battleship — full definition

  1. noun A large, heavily armoured warship carrying big guns, once the dominant class of naval vessel but now largely retired in favour of missile-armed ships.
  2. noun A grid-based guessing game in which players try to locate and sink each other's hidden ships.

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