BERLIN AIRLIFT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Berlin airlift mean? 

• BERLIN AIRLIFT (noun)
  The noun BERLIN AIRLIFT has 1 sense:

1. airlift in 1948 that supplied food and fuel to citizens of west Berlin when the Russians closed off land access to Berlin

  Familiarity information: BERLIN AIRLIFT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BERLIN AIRLIFT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Airlift in 1948 that supplied food and fuel to citizens of west Berlin when the Russians closed off land access to Berlin

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Instance hypernyms:

airlift; lift (transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable))