| English Dictionary |
THEATER OF WAR
| Pronunciation (US): |  | (GB): | |
| IPA (US): |  |
Dictionary entry overview: What does theater of war mean?
• THEATER OF WAR (noun)
The noun THEATER OF WAR has 1 sense:
1. the entire land, sea, and air area that may become or is directly involved in war operations
Familiarity information: THEATER OF WAR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The entire land, sea, and air area that may become or is directly involved in war operations
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
theater of war; theatre of war
Hypernyms ("theater of war" is a kind of...):
region (a large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth)
Meronyms (parts of "theater of war"):
field; field of operations; theater; theater of operations; theatre; theatre of operations (a region in which active military operations are in progress)
zone of interior (the part of the theater of war not included in the theater of operations)
| Learn English with... Proverbs |
"The pear does not fall far from the tree." (Bulgarian proverb)
"He sold his vinyard and bought a squeezer." (Arabic proverb)
"To make your neighbor jealous, go to bed early and get up early." (Corsican proverb)