HyperDic: antiaircraft

English > 2 senses of the word antiaircraft:
NOUNartifactantiaircraft, antiaircraft gun, flak, flack, pom-pom, ack-ack, ack-ack gunartillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes
ADJECTIVEallantiaircraftdesigned for defense from a surface position against air attack
antiaircraft > pronunciation
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English > antiaircraft: 2 senses > adjective 1
Meaningdesigned for defense from a surface position against air attack.
BroaderdefensiveIntended or appropriate for defending against or deterring aggression or attack / attack / attack
Spanishantiaéreo
Nounsantiaircraftartillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes
English > antiaircraft: 2 senses > noun 1, artifact
Meaningartillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes.
Synonymsantiaircraft gun, flak, flack, pom-pom, ack-ack, ack-ack gun
PartspredictorA computer for controlling antiaircraft fire that computes the position of an aircraft at the instant of a shell's arrival
NarrowerBofors gunAn automatic double-barreled antiaircraft gun
BroadergunA weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel)
Spanishantiaéreo, cañón antiaéreo
Catalanantiaeri
Adjectivesantiaircraftdesigned for defense from a surface position against air attack

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