Torpedo Boat

Definition: Torpedo Boat

Torpedo Boat

Noun

1. Small high-speed warship designed for torpedo attacks in coastal waters.

Synonyms within Context: Torpedo Boat

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.

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Specialty Definition: Torpedo boat

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

A torpedo boat is a relatively small and fast naval ship designed to launch torpedoes at larger surface ships. This kind of ship is commonly used for inshore defenses.

Crosswords: Torpedo Boat

English words defined with "torpedo boat": mosquito boat, mosquito craft, motor torpedo boat ♦ PT boat. (references)

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Modern Usage: Torpedo Boat

Domain

Usage

Movie/TV Titles

Torpedo Boat (1942)

Trial Speed of H.M. Torpedo Boat Destroyer 'Viper' (1900)

Torpedo Boat 'Morris' Running (1900)

'Dupont' Torpedo Boat (1898)

Torpedo Boat Winslow (1898)

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Commercial Usage: Torpedo Boat

Domain	Title
Books	The Fairmile 'd' Motor Torpedo Boat (reference) (more book examples)
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Image Slideshow: Torpedo Boat

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Photo Album: Torpedo Boat

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	In Lockwood's Basin, Boston, Massachusetts, circa 1918, with an old torpedo boat (probably USS Rodgers, Torpedo Boat # 4) alongside. USS Elsie III (SP-708) is alongside the pier in the left center foreground, with USS Alacrity (SP-206) beyond. Photographed by Alton M. Blackinton, Boston. This image forms the left half of a panorama with Photo # NH 45268. Credit: NAVY.		At Boston, Massachusetts, 3 May 1917, while being converted for World War I Navy service. The torpedo boats Blakely (Torpedo Boat # 27) and DuPont (Torpedo Boat # 7) are at right. Acquired by the Navy on 28 April 1917 and placed in commission on 28 June 1917 as USS Margaret (SP-524), this yacht was renamed SP-524 in 1918. She was transferred to the War Department on 9 March 1920. Credit: NAVY.
	Seated on board a motor torpedo boat (PT) in the Leyte-Samar area, Philippine Islands, 1945. Credit: NAVY.		A torpedo boat of the U.S. Navy. Credit: Library of Congress.
	U.S. torpedo boat Alarm, [Brooklyn] Navy Yard, New York. Credit: Library of Congress.		A Coast Guard sentry stands watch over a new torpedo boat under construction at a southern shipyard. Credit: Library of Congress.
	Coast Guardsman standing watch over 78-foot torpedo boat. Credit: Library of Congress.		Military subjects. U.S. torpedo boat, destroyer, Sausalito Bay. Credit: Library of Congress.
	Torpedo boat distroyers [sic] at San Diego, Calif. Credit: Library of Congress.		U.S.A. torpedo boat destroyer flotilla. Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Expression: Torpedo Boat

Expression using "torpedo boat": motor torpedo boat. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Torpedo Boat

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
motor torpedo boat	13
torpedo boat	12
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Torpedo Boat

Language		Translations for "torpedo boat"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		torpedinierë, siluruese. (various references)

Arabic		‏حراقة سفينة حربية, ‏زورق طربيد. (various references)

Bulgarian		торпедна лодка. (various references)

Danish		torpedobaad. (various references)

Dutch		torpedoboot. (various references)

French		vedette lance-torpilles (motor torpedo boat). (various references)

German		Torpedoboot. (various references)

Greek		τορπιλάκατος. (various references)

Hungarian		torpedónaszád (torpedo-boat). (various references)

Italian		torpediniera, vedetta lanciasiluri. (various references)

Japanese Kanji		魚雷艇 , 水雷艇 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana		ぎょらいてい, すいらいてい. (various references)

Manx		baatey torpaid. (various references)

Pig Latin		orpedotay oatbay

Portuguese		torpedeiro. (various references)

Romanian		torpilor, vedetã torpiloare (mosquito craft). (various references)

Russian		миноносец (destroyer). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		torpedni čamac (mosquito craft, t.b.). (various references)

Spanish		lancha torpedera (pt boat). (various references)

Swedish		torpedbåt. (various references)

Turkish		torpidobot, muhrip (tin can). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Torpedo Boat

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-b-d-e-o-o-o-p-r-t-t"
	-3 letters: probated, tetrapod.
	-4 letters: abettor, aborted, adopter, borated, probate, readopt, rotated, tabooed, tabored, taboret, taproot, torpedo, trooped.
	-5 letters: batted, batter, bettor, boated, boater, booted, borate, debtor, depart, deport, dotter, orated, parted, patted, patter, petard, ported, potato, potted, potter, prated, probed, protea, ratted, rebato, reboot, redtop, roadeo, rooted, rotate, rotted, tarted, teapot, tetrad, tooted, tooter.
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