a very large, heavily armoured warship with powerful guns that fought major naval battles in the late 19th and early 20th centuries
The museum converted an old battleship into a floating exhibit that visitors can explore.
Thick black smoke rose as the huge battleship fired its main guns over the sea during a training exercise.
✦ Early 17th century: from battle + ship, originally meaning any warship, later restricted to the largest type with heavy armour and guns.
a two-player guessing board game in which opponents secretly arrange ships on a grid and try to sink each other’s fleet by calling out coordinates
On rainy afternoons, we often play Battleship together at the kitchen table.
Her little brother squealed when his last ship was sunk in Battleship.
✦ Trademark name (1967) for a plastic version of an earlier pencil-and-paper game first played in the early 20th century.
