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Rarecorvettes
The correct spelling is corvettes.
How to pronounce corvettes
noun
Say it like: Cor-vet-tes
The correct spelling is corvettes. A flush-decked warship of the 17th-18th centuries having a single tier of guns; it ranked next below a frigate; – called in the United States navy a sloop of war.
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Definition
noun
- 1.A flush-decked warship of the 17th-18th centuries having a single tier of guns; it ranked next below a frigate; – called in the United States navy a sloop of war.
- 2.In a modern navy, a lightly armed and armoured blue water warship, smaller than a frigate, capable of transoceanic duty.
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