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corvette
  1. (nautical, historical) A flush-decked warship of the 17th-18th centuries having a single tier of guns; it ranked next below a frigate; -- called in the United States navy a sloop of war.
  2. (nautical) In a modern navy, a lightly armed and armoured blue water warship, smaller than a frigate, capable of transoceanic duty.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “At the cessation of hostilities the corvette was based at Hong Kong for minesweeping and patrol duties.”
      “A stealth corvette of the YS 2000 design has a detection range of 13 km in rough seas and 22 km in calm sea without jamming.”
      “Two and a half hours later all those on or around the Carley float were rescued by a corvette.”
corvet
  1. Archaic form of curvet.
  2. (nautical) Archaic form of corvette.
  3. Examples:
    1. “Next to Corvet and capriole are Motions of the same nature, and in short are thus taught.”
corvettes
corvets
  1. plural of corvet
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