Associations to the word «Flotilla»

Wiktionary

FLOTILLA, noun. (nautical) A small fleet of warships (usually of the same class), or a fleet of small ships.

Dictionary definition

FLOTILLA, noun. A United States Navy fleet consisting of two or more squadrons of small warships.
FLOTILLA, noun. A fleet of small craft.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats