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Sloop Of War

Definition: Sloop Of War

Sloop Of War

Noun

1. A sailing or steam warship having cannons on only one deck.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

Synonyms within Context: Sloop Of War

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.

Crosswords: Sloop Of War

English words defined with "sloop of war": Frigatoon. (references)

Commercial Usage: Sloop Of War

Domain	Title
Books	Uss Constellation: From Frigate to Sloop of War (reference) Sloop of War (Richard Bolitho Novels/Alexander Kent No 4) (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Image Slideshow: Sloop Of War

Photo Album: Sloop Of War

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Halftone reproduction of a wash drawing by R.G. Skerrett, circa 1900, depicting the ship after her 1855-56 conversion from a frigate to a sloop of war. Credit: NAVY.		Naval architecture drawing for a vessel ("Stern of the Sloop of War Hornet"). Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Modern Translation: Sloop Of War

Language		Translations for "sloop of war"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		luftanije e lehtë. (various references)

Pig Latin		oopslay ofay arway
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: Sloop Of War

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-f-l-o-o-o-p-r-s-w"
	-4 letters: floors, floras, loofas, orlops, parols, polars, proofs, prowls, safrol, saloop, sporal, sprawl.
	-5 letters: aloof, awols, farls, faros, flaps, flaws, floor, flops, flora, flows, foals, fools, fowls, fraps, frows, loafs, loofa, loofs, loops, opals, orals, orlop, parol, pawls, plows, polar, polos, poofs, pools, praos, proas, profs, proof, proso, prowl, prows, rolfs, roofs, sapor.
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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Images: Slideshow

5. Images: Photo Album
6. Translations: Modern
7. Anagrams
8. Bibliography

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