naval battle

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   a pitched battle between naval fleets

   Broaderbattle

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Questions about naval battle

What does naval battle mean?

naval battle means "a pitched battle between naval fleets".

Is naval battle a common word?

naval battle 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.