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

1 sense of battle of the coral sea

Sense 1
Coral Sea, battle of the Coral Sea -- (a Japanese defeat in World War II (May 1942); the first naval battle fought entirely by planes based on aircraft carriers)
       INSTANCE OF=> naval battle -- (a pitched battle between naval fleets)