Definition of "corvettes" [corvettes]

• Plural form of corvette. (noun)

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• "- four patrol corvettes from the German Frigate Consortium, to replace the present ageing strike crafts;"
• "A few tries at k 2:11 yielded nothing except some technical gibberish, a book on Russian submarines, another on World War II ships called corvettes."
• "Rob Huebert of the Centre for Military and Strategic Studies at the University of Calgary said the corvettes are a good step, but they cannot be the only solution for the Arctic."