Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

torpedo tube

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.39 in modern English

Syllables: tor-pe-do -tube
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A metal tube mounted in a submarine or surface warship into which a torpedo may be loaded and launched through the hull or from the deck; a torpedo launcher.

Example Sentences

"The Canet torpedo tube, mounted on a movable carriage of a special type, somewhat like that mounted on the decks of ships, can be usefully employed for the defence of narrow channels and rivers."
"The armament consists of a torpedo tube, which is provided with five Whitehead torpedoes."
"A new feature which has not before been adopted in the United States navy is the submerged torpedo tube, of which the “Missouri” will carry two. The dangers of above-water torpedo tubes were well exemplified in the Spanish war and in the battle of the Yalu between China and Japan. In both wars a vessel which carried above-water tubes was completely wrecked by the detonation of its own torpedoes–the result of their being hit by the enemy's shell fire."

Inflected Forms

torpedo tubes (plural)

Questions

What does torpedo tube mean?: A metal tube mounted in a submarine or surface warship into which a torpedo may be loaded and launched through the hull or from the deck; a torpedo launcher.

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