battle of ypres

1. 1.

   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

   SynonymsYpresthird battle of Ypres

   Broaderpitched battle

   Part ofWorld War I

   Belgium

2. 2.

   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

   SynonymsYpressecond battle of Ypres

   Broaderpitched battle

   Part ofWorld War I

   Belgium

3. 3.

   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

   SynonymsYpresfirst battle of Ypres

   Broaderpitched battle

   Part ofWorld War I

   Belgium

Questions about battle of ypres

What does battle of ypres mean?

battle of ypres means "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". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for battle of ypres?

Close synonyms include Ypres, third battle of Ypres, Ypres, second battle of Ypres, Ypres. 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 ypres a common word?

battle of ypres is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.