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FIRST BATTLE OF YPRES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does first battle of Ypres mean? 

FIRST BATTLE OF YPRES (noun)
  The noun FIRST BATTLE OF YPRES has 1 sense:

1. battle in World War I (1914); heavy but indecisive fighting as the Allies and the Germans both tried to break through the lines of the othersplay

  Familiarity information: FIRST BATTLE OF YPRES used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FIRST BATTLE OF YPRES (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Battle in World War I (1914); heavy but indecisive fighting as the Allies and the Germans both tried to break through the lines of the others

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

battle of Ypres; first battle of Ypres; Ypres

Instance hypernyms:

pitched battle (a fierce battle fought in close combat between troops in predetermined positions at a chosen time and place)

Domain region:

Belgique; Belgium; Kingdom of Belgium (a monarchy in northwestern Europe; headquarters for the European Union and for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization)

Holonyms ("first battle of Ypres" is a part of...):

First World War; Great War; War to End War; World War 1; World War I (a war between the allies (Russia, France, British Empire, Italy, United States, Japan, Rumania, Serbia, Belgium, Greece, Portugal, Montenegro) and the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey, Bulgaria) from 1914 to 1918)


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