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

1 sense of first battle of ypres

Sense 1
Ypres, battle of Ypres, first battle of Ypres -- (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)
       INSTANCE OF=> pitched battle -- (a fierce battle fought in close combat between troops in predetermined positions at a chosen time and place)