dreadnought
pronunciation
How to pronounce dreadnought in British English:
UK [ˈdrednɔ:t]
How to pronounce dreadnought in American English:
US [ˈdrɛdˌnɔt]
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- Noun:
- battleship that has big guns all of the same caliber
Word Origin
- Dreadnought (n.)
- "battleship," literally "fearing nothing," from dread (v.) + nought (n.). Mentioned as the name of a ship in the Royal Navy c. 1596, but modern sense is from the name of the first of a new class of British battleships, based on the "all big-gun" principle (armed with 10 big guns rather than 4 large guns and a battery of smaller ones), launched Feb. 18, 1906.
Example
- 1. Rogue dreadnought cutaway acoustic electric guitar , natural .
- 2. The fastest and most powerful dreadnought ever to sail the seas .
- 3. The first dreadnought boys 12 in number landed in australia exactly 100 years ago .
- 4. I 'd never heard of the so-called " dreadnought boys " .
- 5. Nothing is known of the origins of the dreadnought , the secrets of their construction are all but lost .