convoy

[US]/ˈkɒnvɔɪ/
[UK]/ˈkɑːnvɔɪ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. escort; protection; a group of vehicles or ships traveling together for protection
vt. to escort; to protect; to travel alongside for protection

Phrases & Collocations

military convoy

convoy ship

convoy route

Example Sentences

a convoy of transport ships

The convoy came to an abrupt halt.

A convoy was hit by gunfire.

road convoys carry more tonnage.

This merchant ship was convoyed by a destroyer.

The convoy was stranded in the desert.

an aid convoy loaded with food and medicine.

The ships were convoyed into the harbor.

He convoyed her home.

The convoy was snowed up on the main road.

The convoy commodore sees to the internal management of the convoy.

A convoy of heavy trucks rumbled past.

Truck convoys often stop over for lunch here.

the army trucks had passed through in convoy the previous evening.

warships convoying merchant vessels across the Atlantic.

A couple of tanks convoyed the trucks across the border.

convoys from America and the UK traversed thousands of miles to converge in the Atlantic.

a cheerful disposition of colors and textures; a convoy oriented into a north-south disposition.

irregular troops who pounced on the convoy at a narrow pass; a colleague who pounced on me because of a mistake in my report.

Between 1941-1945, 42 Eastbound convoys, loaded to their plimsol lines with all types of war supplies, fought both the enemy and the appaling weather to deliver their valuable cargoes.

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