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WEAPONS PLATFORM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does weapons platform mean?
• WEAPONS PLATFORM (noun)
The noun WEAPONS PLATFORM has 1 sense:
1. any military structure or vehicle bearing weapons
Familiarity information: WEAPONS PLATFORM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any military structure or vehicle bearing weapons
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
platform; weapons platform
Hypernyms ("weapons platform" is a kind of...):
construction; structure (a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts)
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 "weapons platform"):
gun enclosure; gun turret; turret (a self-contained weapons platform housing guns and capable of rotation)
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