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Definitions for u-boatˈyuˌboʊt

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

U-boatˈyuˌboʊt(n.)

  1. a German submarine.

    Category: Military

Origin of U-boat:

1910–15; < G U-Boot, short for Unterseeboot lit., undersea boat

Princeton's WordNet

  1. submarine, pigboat, sub, U-boat(noun)

    a submersible warship usually armed with torpedoes

Wiktionary

  1. U-boat(Noun)

    Any German submarine of the First or Second World War, or any Austro-Hungarian submarine of the First World War.

    2. Origin: A calque of U-Boot.

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