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   Fleet

   /flēt/

   

   noun

   • 1. a group of ships sailing together, engaged in the same activity, or under the same ownership: "the small port supports a fishing fleet"
   • ▪ a country's navy: "the US fleet"
   • ▪ a number of vehicles or aircraft operating together or under the same ownership: "a fleet of ambulances took the injured to hospital"

   Word Origin Old Englishflēot ‘ship, shipping’, from flēotan ‘float, swim’ (see fleet4).

   Scrabble Points: 8

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