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PRONUNCIATION OF MOTOR LAUNCH

motor launch  [ˈməʊtə lɔːntʃ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MOTOR LAUNCH

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Motor launch is a noun.
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WHAT DOES MOTOR LAUNCH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

motor launch

Motor Launch

A motor launch is a small military vessel in British navy service. It was designed for harbour defence and submarine chasing or for armed high speed air-sea rescue. Although small by naval standards, it was larger than the preceding Coastal Motor Boats of 40 and 55 ft length. The first motor launches entered service in the First World War. These were 580 80-foot-long vessels built by the US Elco company for the Admiralty, receiving the designations ML-1 to ML-580. They served between 1916 and the end of the war with the Royal Navy defending the British coast from German submarines. Royal Norwegian Navy motor launches off Dover during the Second World War...

Definition of motor launch in the English dictionary

The definition of motor launch in the dictionary is a small naval vessel that chases submarines, etc.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MOTOR LAUNCH


avalanche
ˈævəˌlɑːntʃ
blanch
blɑːntʃ
branch
brɑːntʃ
craunch
krɔːntʃ
flaunch
flɔːntʃ
graunch
ɡrɔːntʃ
haunch
hɔːntʃ
launch
lɔːntʃ
overlaunch
ˌəʊvəˈlɔːntʃ
paunch
pɔːntʃ
postlaunch
ˌpəʊstˈlɔːntʃ
prelaunch
priːˈlɔːntʃ
ranch
rɑːntʃ
raunch
rɔːntʃ
relaunch
riːˈlɔːntʃ
revanche
rɪˈvɑːntʃ
snaphaunch
ˈsnæpˌhɔːntʃ
soft-launch
sɒft lɔːntʃ
staunch
stɔːntʃ
sub-branch
ˈsʌbˈbrɑːntʃ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MOTOR LAUNCH

motor camp
motor car
motor caravan
motor coach
motor drive
motor generator
motor industry
motor inn
motor insurance
motor lodge
motor lorry
motor mechanic
motor mower
motor neuron disease
motor neurone disease
motor oil
motor park
motor racing
motor road
motor scooter

WORDS THAT END LIKE MOTOR LAUNCH

after-lunch
brunch
buffet lunch
bunch
counterpunch
credit crunch
crunch
honeybunch
hunch
lunch
munch
power lunch
press launch
punch
rolling launch
school lunch
scrunch
soft launch
sucker punch
the crunch

Synonyms and antonyms of motor launch in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «motor launch» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MOTOR LAUNCH

Find out the translation of motor launch to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of motor launch from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «motor launch» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

机动发射
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

lancha de motor
570 millions of speakers

English

motor launch
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मोटर लांच
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

إطلاق محرك
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

запуск двигателя
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

lancha
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মোটর লঞ্চ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

lancement du moteur
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pelancaran motor
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Motorboot
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

モーター打ち上げ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

모터 출시
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Motor sirah
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

khởi động động cơ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மோட்டார் வெளியீடு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मोटर लाँच
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Motor çalıştırma
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

lancio del motore
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

uruchomienie silnika
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

запуск двигуна
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

lansare de motor
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

έναρξη κινητήρα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

motor bekendstelling
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

motor lansering
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

motor lanseringen
5 millions of speakers

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MOTOR LAUNCH»

The term «motor launch» is regularly used and occupies the 106.456 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MOTOR LAUNCH» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about motor launch

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MOTOR LAUNCH»

Discover the use of motor launch in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to motor launch and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
How to Build a Motor Launch...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
C D Mower, 2011
2
The Motor Launch Patrol
Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
Gordon S. (Gordon Stanley) Maxwell, 2012
3
U.S. Amphibious Ships and Craft: An Illustrated Design History
In 1927, the 50-ft motor launch was rated at 142 marines, with full equipment, for the first wave. Later waves would carry more equipment, so the same boat would carry 114. Abandon- ship capacity was 190. The boat could carry 10 tons of ...
Norman Friedman, 2002
4
St Nazaire 1942: The Great Commando Raid
The larger ships passed within 100 yards of the motor launch, but a lookout on the last enemy vessel in the line switched on his searchlight and caught ML 306 in its glare. Action stations was rung aboard the German warship and all five craft  ...
Ken Ford, 2012
5
The Old Club of Detroit. in Corporated 1872 As the Lake St. ...
TYPE Halcyon Frank J. Hecker Steam Yacht Hunch Russell A. Alger Motor Boat [ dle Hour Burke M. Graham Motor Launch lmpshe Geo. W. Moore Motor Launch Intruder John W. Hubbard Speed Launch Jennie George 0. Robinson Motor ...
R.P. Joy
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Admiralty Manual of Seamanship
... II and "Ice Variant" 5-119 05098 10.0m Fast Motor Launch (FML) Mk VIII and Mk X - Specification 5-120 05099 10.0m Fast Motor Launch Mk Vffl and Mk X - Propulsion and Electrical System 5-122 05100 10.0m Fast Motor Launch Mk VIII and ...
‎1995
7
Warship
Frank Abelsen of Gramlumveiew 208-N-1713 Gralum, Norway would like information about the following vessels. 1 . M/F Naftilos ex Eastern Princess ex ML (?). This ship was built in 1 942 as a Motor Launch Fairmile B and was converted into ...
Lambert, 1986
8
Pearl Harbor Survivors: An Oral History of 24 Servicemen
far greater to them than what we were shouting up to them about from our motor launch. Had we approached the officer's accommodation ladder at the Maryland's starboard quarter deck, and spoken to an officer there, we might have been ...
Harry Spiller, 2001
9
The Encyclopedia of Weapons of World War II
One of the most versatile types ol warship ever to see service, the Fair- mile 'B" type motor launch (ML) was also one of the most numerous, some 670 being built in all between 1940 and 1944, The lines, in contrast with those of the 'A' type, ...
Chris Bishop, 2002
10
The British Submarine Warfare: How the German Submarine ...
Regardless of the danger, the C.O. of the motor launch sent his swift shallow- draught boat flying over the mine-field into the floating debris. The only two mangled survivors had, however, been picked up by the trawler astern of the ill- fated ...
Charles W. Domville-Fife, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MOTOR LAUNCH»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term motor launch is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Veteren sculler in river boat drama
It was a small, self-drive motor launch that collided with the scull. “The hirer came in at the end of the day and was very sensible about it and ... «Henley Standard, Jul 15»
2
Gig Harbor Life community calendar of events for the week of July …
Rent one of our rowing skiffs or sail off in an El Toro sailboat, or hop into a 1927 classically restored electric motor launch and row, sail or ... «Kitsap Sun, Jul 15»
3
Stella Pandell Russell dead, ex-NCC art professor was 90
Some of the summer salons included a cruise on Russell's 24-foot motor launch. The $5 admission went to support the Firehouse Plaza Art ... «Newsday, Jul 15»
4
Generations learnt to sail on Warwick Hood's yachts
A prototype of this 28-foot motor launch was built in Myanmar – teak cabin and decking on a fibreglass hull – and shown in Sydney a few years ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
5
Torbay ferry wars scupper service
Mr Ford said Fairmile, the last remaining World War Two rescue motor launch, is moored in the River Dart: "Fairmile's home is Torbay. «Torquay Herald Express, Jul 15»
6
Gig Harbor Life calendar of events for the week of July 17 and beyond
Rent one of our rowing skiffs or sail off in an El Toro sailboat, or hop into a 1927 classically restored electric motor launch and row, sail or ... «Kitsap Sun, Jul 15»
7
Boat runs aground, Coast Guard rescues two
After notifying the U.S. Coast Guard, Richard Stanley and his father-in-law, Kim Strauss, headed to the scene in Strauss's motor launch. «Mount Desert Islander, Jul 15»
8
When the weather is fine, you know it's time for messin' about on the …
In the boat house his joys were a motor launch, sailing boat and also a traditional clinker-built boat made with overlapping planks. The Norfolk ... «Lynn News, Jul 15»
9
The Outcast, BBC One / Marvel's Agent Carter, Fox
Before speeding off into the night in his motor launch, Stark entrusted the doughty Peggy with finding the real culprits. This involved lots of ... «The Arts Desk, Jul 15»
10
Sailor remembers Pearl Harbor attack 69 years ago
“There was a motor launch going by right at the stern, and I knew some of the people, and they yelled my name and they said 'Hey! «Alton Telegraph, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Motor launch [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/motor-launch>. Apr 2024 ».
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