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Carack

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. Variant of carrack.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. Alternative form of carrack.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. A kind of large ship formerly used by the Spaniards and Portuguese in the East India trade; a galleon.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. A large round-built vessel of considerable depth, fitted for fighting as well as for burden, such as were used by the Portuguese and Spaniards in trading with America and the East Indies.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. a large galleon sailed in the Mediterranean as a merchantman

Word Usage

"Condulmiero was already fiercely engaged, and soon his carack was a mere unrigged helmless waterlog, only saved from instant destruction by her immense size and terrific guns, which, well aimed, low on the water, to gain the _ricochet_, did fearful mischief among the attacking galleys."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

galleon

Variant

carrack

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

galleon

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

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