battle of midway

1. 1.

   naval battle of World War II (June 1942); American planes based on land and on carriers decisively defeated a Japanese fleet on its way to invade the Midway Islands

   SynonymsMidway

   Broadernaval battle

   Part ofWorld War II

   Midway Islands

Questions about battle of midway

What does battle of midway mean?

battle of midway means "naval battle of World War II (June 1942); American planes based on land and on carriers decisively defeated a Japanese fleet on its way to invade the Midway Islands".

What is another word for battle of midway?

Close synonyms include Midway. 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 battle of midway a common word?

battle of midway 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.