Frigate
noun
A type of warship, smaller than a destroyer, used by modern navies.
The enemy frigate was spotted in the distance immediately launching its aircraft to counter the threat.
Often appears as...
- naval frigate
- enemy frigate
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Technical
noun
A sailing warship of the 17th to 18th centuries, usually having a single deck and used for patrol or escort duties.
Merchants often sought the protection of a frigate when they were moving goods along potentially dangerous routes.
Often appears as...
- escort frigate
- colonial frigate
noun
A small, fast, medium-sized bird of the frigatebird family, with long wings, a forked tail, and males have a red pouch that inflates during mating season.
The frigate hovered above the ocean, seeking its next meal.
Often appears as...
- frigate bird
- sooty frigate
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Approving
noun
A type of warship, smaller than a destroyer, used by modern navies.
The enemy frigate was spotted in the distance immediately launching its aircraft to counter the threat.
Often appears as...
- naval frigate
- enemy frigate
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A sailing warship of the 17th to 18th centuries, usually having a single deck and used for patrol or escort duties.
Merchants often sought the protection of a frigate when they were moving goods along potentially dangerous routes.
Often appears as...
- escort frigate
- colonial frigate
noun
A small, fast, medium-sized bird of the frigatebird family, with long wings, a forked tail, and males have a red pouch that inflates during mating season.
The frigate hovered above the ocean, seeking its next meal.
Often appears as...
- frigate bird
- sooty frigate
Usage tips
Approving
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Navy Vessel
Frigate refers to a specific class of warship, familiar to those interested in military terminology.
The navy sent in a frigate to patrol the waters.
Pro Tip 2/3Contemporary Use
In modern context, 'frigate' is commonly used for warships equipped with guided missiles.
The guided-missile frigate deployed its weapons during the exercise.
Pro Tip 3/3Relative Size
Understand that a frigate is typically smaller than a destroyer but larger than a corvette within a naval fleet.
The frigate escorted the larger destroyers through the strait.
Pro Tip 1/3Navy Vessel
Frigate refers to a specific class of warship, familiar to those interested in military terminology.
The navy sent in a frigate to patrol the waters.
Pro Tip 2/3Contemporary Use
In modern context, 'frigate' is commonly used for warships equipped with guided missiles.
The guided-missile frigate deployed its weapons during the exercise.
Pro Tip 3/3Relative Size
Understand that a frigate is typically smaller than a destroyer but larger than a corvette within a naval fleet.
The frigate escorted the larger destroyers through the strait.
Pro Tip 1/3Navy Vessel
Frigate refers to a specific class of warship, familiar to those interested in military terminology.
The navy sent in a frigate to patrol the waters.
Pro Tip 2/3Contemporary Use
In modern context, 'frigate' is commonly used for warships equipped with guided missiles.
The guided-missile frigate deployed its weapons during the exercise.
Pro Tip 3/3Relative Size
Understand that a frigate is typically smaller than a destroyer but larger than a corvette within a naval fleet.
The frigate escorted the larger destroyers through the strait.
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How fiction can change...
that "There is no frigate like a book to take us lands away ..." And it's true. When we pick up a book, turn on the TV, or watch a movie, we're carried away down the currents of story into a world of imagination. And when we land, on a shore that is both new and familiar, something strange happens.
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Doris Kearns Goodwin:...
He couldn't eat. The great poet Emily Dickinson once said, "There is no frigate like a book to take us lands away." How true for Lincoln. Though he never would travel to Europe, he went with Shakespeare's kings to merry England,
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Pirate Birds’ of the...
this wildlife refuge is on a remote windy island between Nicaragua and Costa Rica it's dedicated to protecting seabirds especially the large populations of brown pelicans and magnificent frigate birds that nest here
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Nesting Frigate Birds...
choose an even more isolated site bosun bird island a lonely pillar just off ascensions coast frigates are the world's lightest bird relative to their
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Best Scenes From The...
have been waiting for when frigates join the hunt the flying fish are literally caught between the devil and the deep blue sea
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Flying Fish Picked Off...
When frigates join the hunt, the flying fish are literally caught between the devil and the deep blue sea.
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when frigates join the hunt the flying fish are literally caught between the devil and the deep blue sea
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when frigates join the hunt the flying fish are literally caught between devil and the deep blue sea
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How fiction can change...
that "There is no frigate like a book to take us lands away ..." And it's true. When we pick up a book, turn on the TV, or watch a movie, we're carried away down the currents of story into a world of imagination. And when we land, on a shore that is both new and familiar, something strange happens.
Video examples
Doris Kearns Goodwin:...
He couldn't eat. The great poet Emily Dickinson once said, "There is no frigate like a book to take us lands away." How true for Lincoln. Though he never would travel to Europe, he went with Shakespeare's kings to merry England,
Video examples
Pirate Birds’ of the...
this wildlife refuge is on a remote windy island between Nicaragua and Costa Rica it's dedicated to protecting seabirds especially the large populations of brown pelicans and magnificent frigate birds that nest here
Video examples
Nesting Frigate Birds...
choose an even more isolated site bosun bird island a lonely pillar just off ascensions coast frigates are the world's lightest bird relative to their
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Best Scenes From The...
have been waiting for when frigates join the hunt the flying fish are literally caught between the devil and the deep blue sea
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Flying Fish Picked Off...
When frigates join the hunt, the flying fish are literally caught between the devil and the deep blue sea.
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ONE HOUR of Amazing...
when frigates join the hunt the flying fish are literally caught between the devil and the deep blue sea
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Wild Leaps Of Faith PIPE...
when frigates join the hunt the flying fish are literally caught between the devil and the deep blue sea
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BBC Earth's Best Of The...
when frigates join the hunt the flying fish are literally caught between the devil and the deep blue sea
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BBC Earth 50 Top Natural...
when frigates join the hunt the flying fish are literally caught between devil and the deep blue sea
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Sarah West
English Soldier
I am very proud to be taking command of a Type 23 frigate, which is an extremely flexible warship, and I'm looking forward to taking HMS Portland on operations with a professional and focused team.
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Peter Stuyvesant
Dutch Public Servant
The design of those commissioners, frigates and warlike force is directed rather against Long Island and these your Honors' possessions, than to the imagined reform of New England.
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Jenny Shipley
New Zealander Statesman
The government's position was that we have frigates that have got a useful life until 2006. There is no necessity for us to make final decisions until 2002.
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Lord North
British Statesman
Four or five frigates will do the business without any military force.
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Sarah West
English Soldier
I am very proud to be taking command of a Type 23 frigate, which is an extremely flexible warship, and I'm looking forward to taking HMS Portland on operations with a professional and focused team.
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Peter Stuyvesant
Dutch Public Servant
The design of those commissioners, frigates and warlike force is directed rather against Long Island and these your Honors' possessions, than to the imagined reform of New England.
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Jenny Shipley
New Zealander Statesman
The government's position was that we have frigates that have got a useful life until 2006. There is no necessity for us to make final decisions until 2002.
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Lord North
British Statesman
Four or five frigates will do the business without any military force.
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