american flag

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   the national flag of the United States of America

   SynonymsStars and StripesStar-Spangled BannerOld Glory

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Questions about american flag

What does american flag mean?

american flag means "the national flag of the United States of America".

What is another word for american flag?

Close synonyms include Stars and Stripes, Star-Spangled Banner, Old Glory. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is american flag a common word?

american flag is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.