'Naval' definitions:
Definition of 'naval'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Connected with or belonging to or used in a navy; "naval history"; "naval commander"; "naval vessels"
Definition of 'Naval'
From: GCIDE
- Naval \Na"val\ (n[=a]"val), a. [L. navalis, fr. navis ship: cf. F. naval. See Nave of a church.] Having to do with shipping; of or pertaining to ships or a navy; consisting of ships; as, naval forces, successes, stores, etc. [1913 Webster]
- Naval brigade, a body of seamen or marines organized for military service on land.
- Naval officer. (a) An officer in the navy. (b) A high officer in some United States customhouses.
- Naval tactics, the science of managing or maneuvering vessels sailing in squadrons or fleets. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Nautical; marine; maritime.
- Usage: Naval, Nautical. Naval is applied to vessels, or a navy, or the things which pertain to them or in which they participate; nautical, to seamen and the art of navigation. Hence we speak of a naval, as opposed to a military, engagement; naval equipments or stores, a naval triumph, a naval officer, etc., and of nautical pursuits or instruction, nautical calculations, a nautical almanac, etc. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'Naval'
- Navals,
- Naval Academy,
- Naval brigade,
- Naval dock,
- Naval officer,
- Naval tactics,
- naval attache,
- naval battle,
- naval blockade,
- naval brass,
- naval campaign,
- naval chart,
- naval code,
- naval commander,
- naval division,
- naval engineer,
- naval engineering,
- naval equipment,
- naval forces,
- naval gun,
- naval installation,
- naval missile,
- naval radar,
- naval shipyard,
- naval unit,
- naval weaponry,
- Naval Academy, MD,
- bachelor of naval science,
- commissioned naval officer,
- naval research laboratory,
- naval special warfare,
- office of naval intelligence,
- us naval academy,
- naval surface warfare center,
- naval tactical data system,
- naval underwater warfare center,
- united states naval academy,
- naval air warfare center weapons division