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Definition of "naval" []

  • Of or relating to ships or shipping. See Synonyms at nautical. (adjective)
  • Of or relating to a navy. (adjective)
  • Having a navy: a great naval power. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "naval" in a sentence
  • "States to keep troops in time of peace, and they are expressly distinguished and placed in a separate category from land or naval forces in the sixteenth paragraph above quoted; and the words _land_ and _naval forces_ are shown by paragraphs 12, 13, and 14, to mean the Army and Navy of the Confederate States."
  • "Balanea, Carnus -- which he calls the naval station of Aradus -- Enydra,"
  • "During the war six million men passed through South African ports in naval convoys while their ships were repaired, refueled and equipped."