nautical signal flag

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   one of an international code of flag signals used between ships

   Synonymscode flag

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Questions about nautical signal flag

What does nautical signal flag mean?

nautical signal flag means "one of an international code of flag signals used between ships".

What is another word for nautical signal flag?

Close synonyms include code flag. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is nautical signal flag a common word?

nautical signal flag is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.