Yahoo Web Search

Search results

1. Dictionary

   navy

   /ˈneɪvi/

   noun

   • 1. the branch of the armed services of a state which conducts military operations at sea: "she joined the navy in 1990"
   • ▪ the ships of a navy: "we built their navy"
   • ▪ a fleet of ships. literary Similar fleetflotillaarmadanaval (task) forcesquadron
   • 2. a dark blue colour: "the dress comes in navy, gunmetal grey, or black" Similar navy bluedark blueindigomidnight blueink blue

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘ships collectively, fleet’): from Old French navie ‘ship, fleet’, from popular Latin navia ‘ship’, from Latin navis ‘ship’.

   Scrabble Points: 10

   • N

     1

   • A

     1

   • V

     4

   • Y

     4

   Powered by Oxford Dictionaries

   More definitions, origin and scrabble points