Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun austerlitz

2 senses of austerlitz

Sense 1
Austerlitz -- (a town in Czech Republic; site of the battle of Austerlitz in 1805)
       INSTANCE OF=> town -- (an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city; "they drive through town on their way to work")

Sense 2
Austerlitz, battle of Austerlitz -- (a decisive battle during the Napoleonic campaigns (1805); the French under Napoleon defeated the Russian armies of Czar Alexander I and the Austrian armies of Emperor Francis II)
       INSTANCE OF=> pitched battle -- (a fierce battle fought in close combat between troops in predetermined positions at a chosen time and place)