noun🔗ShareفرقاطةAn obsolete type of sailing warship with a single continuous gun deck, typically used for patrolling, blockading, etc, but not in line of battle."During the Age of Sail, a frigate was often used to patrol coastlines, protecting merchant ships from pirates. "خلال عصر الإبحار، غالباً ما كانت الفرقاطة تستخدم لدوريات السواحل، لحماية السفن التجارية من القراصنة.nauticalmilitarysailinghistorywarvehicleChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareفرقاطةA 19th-century warship combining sail and steam propulsion, typically of ironclad timber construction, supplementing and superseding sailing ships of the battle line until made obsolete by the development of the solely steam-propelled iron battleship."The frigate, a powerful warship of its time, sailed proudly through the harbor, its iron hull gleaming in the sunlight. "أبحرت الفرقاطة، وهي سفينة حربية قوية في زمانها، بفخر عبر الميناء، وكان هيكلها الحديدي يلمع في ضوء الشمس.nauticalmilitaryvehiclehistorytechnologywarsailingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareفرقاطةA modern type of warship, smaller than a destroyer, originally (WWII) introduced as an anti-submarine vessel but now general purpose."The navy's new frigate is smaller than a destroyer but has powerful sonar for detecting submarines. "الفرقاطة الجديدة للبحرية أصغر من المدمرة ولكنها مزودة بسونار قوي لكشف الغواصات.militarynauticalwarvehicleChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareفرقاطةA frigatebird."From our boat, we watched a magnificent frigate soar effortlessly above the waves, its long wings catching the ocean breeze. "من قاربنا، شاهدنا فرقاطة رائعة تحلق بسهولة فوق الأمواج، وأجنحتها الطويلة تلتقط نسيم المحيط.birdChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
