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

1 sense of battle of bunker hill

Sense 1
Bunker Hill, battle of Bunker Hill -- (the first important battle of the American War of Independence (1775) which was fought at Breed's Hill; the British defeated the colonial forces)
       INSTANCE OF=> pitched battle -- (a fierce battle fought in close combat between troops in predetermined positions at a chosen time and place)