first battle of ypres

1. 1.

   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

   SynonymsYpresbattle of Ypres

   Broaderpitched battle

   Part ofWorld War I

   Belgium

Questions about first battle of ypres

What does first battle of ypres mean?

first battle of ypres means "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".

What is another word for first battle of ypres?

Close synonyms include Ypres, battle of 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 first battle of ypres a common word?

first battle of ypres 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.