flotilla
noun
flo·til·la
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Definition of flotilla
1
: a fleet of ships or boats
especially
: a navy organizational unit consisting of two or more squadrons of small warships
2
: an indefinite large number
a flotilla of changes
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Examples of flotilla in a Sentence
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There, on the horizon, a flotilla of oil tankers dragged a gloomy thumbprint across an otherwise postcard-worthy view, and high winds made life difficult for a TV crew on a bluff above the shore. — Chris Barton, Los Angeles Times, "By design, Long Beach-set ‘Lodge 49’ is the ‘least aspirational show on TV’," 9 Aug. 2019 Two years later, Iran announced that a navy flotilla entered the Pacific Ocean for the first time, making a port call in China. — Brian Murphy, Washington Post, "Iran has two naval forces with separate missions and commands. This is why.," 14 June 2019 And it’s widely seen as gaining a lead in applying artificial intelligence as a means of social control — combining the visual data gathered by its flotilla of CCTV cameras with software to perfect facial recognition, for example. — Owen Thomas, SFChronicle.com, "The internet promised us a world without borders. Ooops," 24 July 2019 Ever since, Southerners in cities and towns along the Southern coast have come to trust that when the water starts to rise, the Louisiana Cajun Navy and their rescue flotilla would be there to help. — Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, "Louisiana Cajun Navy is in Place to Help Ahead of Tropical Storm Barry," 12 July 2019 With its flotilla of satellites crisscrossing the tropical oceans, CYGNSS can see through the thick clouds of cyclones. — Paul Voosen, Science | AAAS, "NASA overcomes military's GPS tweaks to peer inside hurricanes," 12 June 2019 The crisis that shook Japan erupted in 1853 when an American flotilla of warships led by Commodore Matthew C. Perry arrived in Tokyo Bay. — Moisés Naím, Washington Post, "Psychotherapy can solve personal problems — why not national crises?," 7 June 2019 The scuttling occurred a little more than a week ago off the Treasure Coast, where a flotilla of pleasure boaters surrounded a spectacle made possible by a small mountain of concrete that Orlando Utilities Commission had to dump somewhere. — Kevin Spear, orlandosentinel.com, "Orlando utility donates 200 tons of concrete to help sink cocaine ship," 2 July 2019 Boats the size of the Magestic must moor more than one hundred yards out, as a flotilla of dinghies, rowed from the stern with a single oar, ferry goods to the dock. — Rowan Moore Gerety, Harper's magazine, "Downstream," 10 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'flotilla.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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flotilla
noun
English Language Learners Definition of flotilla
: a group of small ships
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flotilla
noun
flo·til·la
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Kids Definition of flotilla
: a fleet of usually small ships
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