Frigate

What do we mean by frigate?

A warship, usually of 4,000 to 9,000 displacement tons, that is smaller than a destroyer and used primarily for escort duty. noun

A high-speed, medium-sized sailing war vessel of the 1600s, 1700s, and 1800s. noun

A fast, light vessel, such as a sailboat. noun

Any small sailing vessel. noun

Among ships of war of the old style, a vessel larger than a sloop or a brig, and smaller than a ship of the line, usually carrying her guns (which varied in number from about thirty to fifty or sixty) on the main-deck and on a raised quarter-deck and forecastle, or having two decks. noun

Same as frigate-bird. noun

Originally, a vessel of the Mediterranean propelled by sails and by oars. The French, about 1650, transferred the name to larger vessels, and by 1750 it had been appropriated for a class of war vessels intermediate between corvettes and ships of the line. Frigates, from about 1750 to 1850, had one full battery deck and, often, a spar deck with a lighter battery. They carried sometimes as many as fifty guns. After the application of steam to navigation steam frigates of largely increased size and power were built, and formed the main part of the navies of the world till about 1870, when the introduction of ironclads superseded them. noun

Any small vessel on the water. noun

A web-footed rapacious bird, of the genus Fregata; -- called also man-of-war bird, and frigate pelican. Two species are known; that of the Southern United States and West Indies is F. aquila. They are remarkable for their long wings and powerful flight. Their food consists of fish which they obtain by robbing gulls, terns, and other birds, of their prey. They are related to the pelicans. noun

An oceanic fish (Auxis Rochei) of little or no value as food, often very abundant off the coast of the United States. noun

Same as Frigate bird. noun

An obsolete type of sailing warship with a single continuous gun deck, typically used for patrolling, blockading, etc, but not in line of battle. noun

A 19th c. type of warship combining sail and steam propulsion, typically of ironclad timber construction, supplementing and superseding sailing ships of the battle line until made obsolete by the development of the solely steam-propelled iron battleship. noun

A modern type of warship, smaller than a destroyer, originally (WWII) introduced as an anti-submarine vessel but now general purpose. noun

A United States warship larger than a destroyer and smaller than a cruiser noun

A medium size square-rigged warship of the 18th and 19th centuries noun

An obsolete type of sailing warship with a single continuous gun deck, typically used for patrolling, blockading, etc, but not in line of battle.

A 19th-century warship combining sail and steam propulsion, typically of ironclad timber construction, supplementing and superseding sailing ships of the battle line until made obsolete by the development of the solely steam-propelled iron battleship.

A modern type of warship, smaller than a destroyer, originally (WWII) introduced as an anti-submarine vessel but now general purpose.

A frigatebird.

Words that are spelled similarly to frigate:
frigate, fregate, frigat.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word frigate:
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Words that rhyme with frigate:
bigot, spigot, gigot, liggett, piggott, pigott, pig it, dig it, big hit, big hut, big it, cliggott, jig it, ligget, pig gut, rig it, twig it.

Adjectives that are often used to describe frigate:
british, french, english, american, gun, spanish, large, fine, small, single, dutch, russian, danish, class, pounder, heavy, turkish, wooden, naval, portuguese, big, gallant, royal, swedish, fast, noble, light, armed, largest, ton, built, beautiful, famous, neapolitan, algerine, finest, powerful, austrian, egyptian, six, missile, rate, four, nearest, ironclad, rigged, tartar, smart, swift, two, armored, clad, magnificent, miniature, armoured, lively, stately, guided, splendid, inconstant, masted, iranian, navy, macedonian, banked, brazilian, helpless, out, fastest, unfortunate, powered.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective frigate:
bird, birds, built, captain, mackerel, merrimac, minnesota, captains, fashion, tuna, fight, niagara, whins, pelicans, mississippi, constitution, susquehanna, rushes, lawrence, war, congress, missouri, medusa, squadron, wabash, pelican, building, executives, merrimack, junk, merchantmen, constellation, fulton, colorado, boston, forte, escort, tweed, pizarro, actions, powhatan, cyclops, franklin.

Consonant match to frigate:
frog at, frog it, frog out.

Words that sound like frigate:
frigate, frigga, frigates, forget, farragut, frigid, frigide, forgot, fagot, friut, freak out, freakout, fagott, fraga, forgat, frigged, frigon, frisket, freak-out, fig out, faget, frigging, froglet, freshet, fugate, affricate, frechette, frenette, fregata, fresh-cut, fruct, frogbit, fresh cut, frucht, free hit, fridges, frugal, froggy, surrogate, frist, figga, freaked, frig, irrigate, phuket, frit, figa, frut, frigg, froogle, frint, fract, froggies, frickle, frigo, fur coat, fragged, frogged, frocked, frago, freegan, fragen, fraca, furcate, frabbit, fag out, frigs, fritt, fritted, foregut, frog eyes, cricket, fidget, argot, tricot, front, fret, freckle, forgets, fornicate, freckled, freakish, frett, fricking, forgette, frug, forgetter, fredette, frogging, fragging, fernet, fake it, fronte, fekete, frelte, ferrest, forget her, freja, fur hat, frigerate.