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Definition: Guard Ship |
Guard ShipNoun1. A warship (at anchor or under way) required to maintain a higher degree of readiness than others in its squadron. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Combatant | Man-of-war; destroyer; submarine; minesweeper; torpedo-boat, torpedo-destroyer; patrol torpedo boat, PT boat; torpedo-catcher, war castle, H.M.S.; battleship, battle wagon, dreadnought, line of battle ship, ship of the line; aircraft carrier, carrier. flattop; helicopter carrier; missile platform, missile boat; ironclad, turret ship, ram, monitor, floating battery; first-rate, frigate, sloop of war, corvette, gunboat, bomb vessel; flagship, guard ship, cruiser; armored cruiser, protected cruiser; privateer. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
coast guard ship | 18 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "guard ship"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
German | Wachschiff. (various references) | ||||
Hungarian | ügyeletes hajó, õrhajó (escort ship, guard boat, patrol boat). (various references) | ||||
Italian | guardaporto. (various references) | ||||
Manx | lhong arrey. (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | uardgay ipshay | ||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-g-h-i-p-r-s-u" | |
-1 letter: digraphs, pagurids. | |
-2 letters: digraph, dishrag, guisard, pagurid, prudish, purdahs, rupiahs, upgirds. | |
-3 letters: aguish, aphids, garish, gradus, graphs, guards, parish, prahus, purdah, purdas, radish, radius, raphis, rapids, rupiah, shaird, sparid, upgird. | |
-4 letters: aphid, aphis, apish, argus, auris, dashi, drags, drips, drugs, duras, gadis, gauds, gaurs, girds, girsh, grads, graph, grasp, grids, grips, guard, guars, guids. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-g-h-i-p-r-s-u" | |
+3 letters: guardianship. | |
+4 letters: guardianships, pseudepigraph. | |
+5 letters: pseudepigrapha, pseudepigraphs, pseudepigraphy, superhardening. | |
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