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ARMY UNIT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does army unit mean? 

ARMY UNIT (noun)
  The noun ARMY UNIT has 1 sense:

1. a military unit that is part of an armyplay

  Familiarity information: ARMY UNIT used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ARMY UNIT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A military unit that is part of an army

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("army unit" is a kind of...):

force; military force; military group; military unit (a unit that is part of some military service)

Meronyms (members of "army unit"):

military personnel; soldiery; troops (soldiers collectively)

Domain category:

armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "army unit"):

detachment (a small unit of troops of special composition)

foot; infantry (an army unit consisting of soldiers who fight on foot)

cavalry (a highly mobile army unit)

musketry (musketeers and their muskets collectively)

artillery; artillery unit (an army unit that uses big guns)

troop (a cavalry unit corresponding to an infantry company)

troop (a group of soldiers)

squad (a smallest army unit)

section (a small army unit usually having a special function)

van; vanguard (the leading units moving at the head of an army)

platoon (a military unit that is a subdivision of a company; usually has a headquarters and two or more squads; usually commanded by a lieutenant)

company (small military unit; usually two or three platoons)

battalion (an army unit usually consisting of a headquarters and three or more companies)

brigade; regiment (army unit smaller than a division)

battle group (an army unit usually consisting of five companies)

division (an army unit large enough to sustain combat)

army corps; corps (an army unit usually consisting of two or more divisions and their support)

Holonyms ("army unit" is a member of...):

army; ground forces; regular army (a permanent organization of the military land forces of a nation or state)


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