ypres in English dictionary

  • Ypres

    Meanings and definitions of "ypres"

    • A municipality in Flanders, Belgium
    • proper
      A city in Flanders, Belgium; or, the municipality containing this city.
    • municipality
    • noun
      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
    • noun
      battle in World War I (1915); Germans wanted to try chlorine (a toxic yellow gas) as a weapon and succeeded in taking considerable territory from the Allied salient
    • noun
      battle in World War I (1917); an Allied offensive which eventually failed because tanks bogged down in the waterlogged soil of Flanders; Germans introduced mustard gas which interfered with the Allied artillery

    Synonyms of "ypres" in English dictionary

    battle of Ypres, first battle of Ypres, battle of Ypres are the top synonyms of "ypres" in the English thesaurus.

    • battle of Ypres · first battle of Ypres

      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

    • battle of Ypres · second battle of Ypres

      battle in World War I (1915); Germans wanted to try chlorine (a toxic yellow gas) as a weapon and succeeded in taking considerable territory from the Allied salient

    • battle of Ypres · third battle of Ypres

      battle in World War I (1917); an Allied offensive which eventually failed because tanks bogged down in the waterlogged soil of Flanders; Germans introduced mustard gas which interfered with the Allied artillery

  • ypres

    Synonyms of "ypres" in English dictionary

    third battle of Ypres, second battle of Ypres, battle of Ypres are the top synonyms of "ypres" in the English thesaurus.

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