ALL meanings of frigate
frig·ate
F f - noun frigate A warship with a mixed armament, generally heavier than a destroyer (in the US Navy) and of a kind originally introduced for convoy escort work. 1
- noun frigate navy ship 1
- noun frigate a fast naval vessel of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, generally having a lofty ship rig and heavily armed on one or two decks. 1
- noun frigate any of various types of modern naval vessels ranging in size from a destroyer escort to a cruiser, frequently armed with guided missiles and used for aircraft carrier escort duty, shore bombardment, and miscellaneous combat functions. 1
- countable noun frigate A frigate is a fairly small ship owned by the navy that can move at fast speeds. Frigates are often used to protect other ships. 0
- noun frigate a medium-sized square-rigged warship of the 18th and 19th centuries 0
- noun frigate a warship larger than a corvette and smaller than a destroyer 0
- noun frigate (formerly) a warship larger than a destroyer and smaller than a cruiser 0
- noun frigate a small escort vessel 0
- noun frigate a fast, medium-sized sailing warship of the 18th and early 19th cent., which carried from 24 to 60 guns 0
- noun frigate a Brit. warship between a corvette and a destroyer 0
- noun frigate until 1975, a U.S. warship larger than a destroyer and smaller than a light cruiser 0
- noun frigate since 1975, a U.S. warship smaller than a destroyer, used chiefly for escort duty 0
- noun frigate (nautical) An obsolete type of sailing warship with a single continuous gun deck, typically used for patrolling, blockading, etc, but not in line of battle. 0
- noun frigate (nautical) A 19th c. type of warship combining sail and steam propulsion, typically of ironclad timber construction, supplementing and superseding sailing ships of the battle line until made obsolete by the development of the solely steam-propelled iron battleship. 0
- noun frigate (nautical) A modern type of warship, smaller than a destroyer, originally (WWII) introduced as an anti-submarine vessel but now general purpose. 0