What does belleau wood mean?

belleau wood means "a World War I battle in northwestern France where the Allies defeated the Germans in 1918".

What is another word for belleau wood?

Close synonyms include Battle of the Marne, Chateau-Thierry, Marne River. 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 belleau wood a common word?

belleau wood 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.

belleau wood — meaning, pronunciation and definition

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1.
a World War I battle in northwestern France where the Allies defeated the Germans in 1918
SynonymsBattle of the Marne Chateau-Thierry Marne River
Broaderpitched battle
Part ofWorld War I
France

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