Used in a Sentence

dreadnought

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for dreadnought.

Editorial note

The original Dreadnought really defined the class, and for a while battleships were known as Dreadnoughts.

Examples17
Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

A garment made of thick woollen cloth that can defend against storm and cold.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of dreadnought gathered in one view.

noun

A garment made of thick woollen cloth that can defend against storm and cold.

noun

The cloth itself; fearnaught.

noun

One that fears nothing.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for dreadnought.

noun

A garment made of thick woollen cloth that can defend against storm and cold.

noun

The cloth itself; fearnaught.

noun

One that fears nothing.

noun

Something that assures against fear.

Example sentences

1

The original Dreadnought really defined the class, and for a while battleships were known as Dreadnoughts.

2

For instance, the same argument applies to a wafer stepper or 'dreadnought class' surface mining equipment.

3

That thing is dreadnought matmul machine with some serious uptime, and can crunch numbers without slowing down or losing availability.

4

The first historical use as the name of a naval vessel is HMS Dreadnought (1553).

5

Just finished Dreadnought and started Castles of steel by the same author, Robert K.

6

If your dreadnought goes boom in a fleet op, you get the cost of another hull and gear, and get to draw on corp/alliance stores as well.

7

The dreadnought class of warships have the best moniker.

8

Residential: Your TP Link hyper dreadnought super hawk that is taking up every inch of the 5ghz indoor spectrum in your home is probably already blocking icmp for you.

9

How does this chip, and your wonderfully whimsical mega SoC implementation of it, compare to the claims (and the even more fantastical dreadnought-class workstation scenario) of the Cerebras WSE3?

10

HMS Dreadnought was a revolution in terms of battleship design; all the major naval countries were building dreadnoughts before she was completed (actually, a few started before she was even laid down!).

11

Dual wielding a claymore and scimitar, the kevlar armored biped golem paladin sped his humvee at mach 3 onto the the dreadnought powered by a massive solenoid to retrieve the codec which unlocks the secrets of Bolshevism.

12

> Your TP Link hyper dreadnought super hawk that is taking up every inch of the 5ghz indoor spectrum in your home is probably already blocking icmp for you.

Quote examples

1

I mean, they literally named an entire class of ships when they launched HMS Dreadnought - and also caused previous classes of ships to be renamed to "pre-dreadnought".

2

It's true that the battleship nomenclature was used before the Dreadnought, but only by 25 years, and as soon as the Dreadnought came out those older ships were referred to as "pre-Dreadnought battleships".

3

Small nitpick: there really is no distinction between a "Dreadnought" and the battleship class.

4

Bunga!".[7] In 1915 during the First World War, HMS Dreadnought rammed and sank a German submarine—the only battleship ever to do so.

Proper noun examples

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> Dreadnought's head was probably about the size of a horse's head.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use dreadnought in a sentence?

The original Dreadnought really defined the class, and for a while battleships were known as Dreadnoughts.

What does dreadnought mean?

A garment made of thick woollen cloth that can defend against storm and cold.

What part of speech is dreadnought?

dreadnought is commonly used as noun.