battleship
A large capital warship displacing thousands to tens of thousands of tons, heavily armoured and armed with large-caliber guns; now obsolescent and replaced by smaller vessels with guided missiles.
Other meanings
A starship of comparable role.
A ship of the line.
A kind of
- warship
Kinds of battleship
- pocket battleship
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “battleship” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.