1. 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; [syn: Ypres, battle of Ypres, first battle of Ypres]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
first battle of Ypres
n 1: 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 [syn: Ypres, battle of Ypres,
first battle of Ypres]