ironclads

noun

plural of ironclad
as in warships

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  1. warships
  2. barges
  3. tankers
  4. ships
  5. cutters
  6. traders
Noun
  • At least five San Diego warships will participate in RimPac, as well as dozens of foreign vessels, including BAP Pisco, a Peruvian amphibious warship that arrived in San Diego on Monday.
    — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 June 2026
  • Russia’s 2022 Warship Law also requires 90 days' advance notice for foreign warships to transit the passage, limits the route to one warship at a time, and requires submarines to surface.
    — Jill Goldenziel, Forbes.com, 29 May 2026
Definition of warships
Noun
  • The dredge is conducted by crane and excavator barges that dig sand up and deposit it in another barge.
    — Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 28 June 2026
Definition of barges
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  • There has been very limited demand to book tankers to load oil from ports in the Persian Gulf, a step that would need to happen for shipments from the export installations to happen, shipbrokers and tanker owners said Friday.
    — Alex Longley, Fortune, 20 June 2026
Definition of tankers
Noun
  • Quantum sensors that can guide ships and aircraft without satellite signals.
    — Andrei Iancu, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Earlier testing included evaluations while ships were docked and at sea.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of ships
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  • The 1970s marked a reinvigoration in quilting culture, with the introduction of specialty rulers and rotary cutters for use with modern patterns.
    — Tania Azhang, Sacbee.com, 7 Oct. 2026
  • The 1,680-ton tunnel-boring machine unveiled Monday is nearly the length of two football fields and armed with cutters harder than diamonds.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of cutters
Noun
  • Of course, the persistence of traders to keep doubling down on AI could also be a sign of a bubble.
    — Jason Ma, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026
  • For months, equity traders holding CoreWeave (CRWV) have played that guard.
    — Michael Khouw, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of traders
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