Corvette Definition

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corvettes
noun
A former sailing warship larger than a sloop and smaller than a frigate, usually with one tier of guns.
Webster's New World
A fast warship smaller than a destroyer and used chiefly for convoy duty.
Webster's New World
pronoun

A sports car, manufactured by Chevrolet from 1953 to present, an American icon.

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Other Word Forms of Corvette

Noun

Singular:
corvette
Plural:
corvettes

Origin of Corvette

  • French a kind of warship probably from Middle Dutch corf basket, small ship corf

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Borrowing from French corvette.

    From Wiktionary

Corvette Sentence Examples

  • Under Sir Samuel Hood he then proceeded to the Mona passage, where he captured the French corvette "Ceres."

  • He accepted the charge of a corvette, the "Anacreon," placed at his disposal by the French government, in which, accompanied by a few leading United Irishmen, and supplied with a small force of men and a considerable quantity of arms and ammunition for distribution in Ireland, he sailed from Dunkirk and arrived at the isle of Aran, off the coast of Donegal, on the 16th of September 1798.

  • Vosper Thornycroft's stealth corvette, would be difficult to identify by radar and other sensors.

  • Barbie has access to other vehicles, including a cute Volkswagen Beetle, but for girls for whom nothing less than a sleek sports car will do, a Barbie Corvette is the way to go.

  • Expect to pay around $40-50 and up for a new Barbie Corvette.

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