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dread•nought



Pronunciation: (dred'nôt"), [key]
—n.
1. a type of battleship armed with heavy-caliber guns in turrets: so called from the British battleship Dreadnought, launched in 1906, the first of its type.
2. an outer garment of heavy woolen cloth.
3. a thick cloth with a long pile. Also,dread'naught".

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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