GROUND FORCES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ground forces mean? 

• GROUND FORCES (noun)
  The noun GROUND FORCES has 1 sense:

1. a permanent organization of the military land forces of a nation or state

  Familiarity information: GROUND FORCES used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GROUND FORCES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A permanent organization of the military land forces of a nation or state

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

army; ground forces; regular army

Hypernyms ("ground forces" is a kind of...):

armed service; military service; service (a force that is a branch of the armed forces)

Meronyms (members of "ground forces"):

army unit (a military unit that is part of an army)

army corps; corps (an army unit usually consisting of two or more divisions and their support)

Domain category:

armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ground forces"):

host; legion (archaic terms for army)

standing army (a permanent army of paid soldiers)

Union Army (the northern army during the American Civil War)

Army of the Confederacy; Confederate Army (the southern army during the American Civil War)

Continental Army (the American army during the American Revolution)