waterloo
English Thesaurus
1. the battle on 18 June 1815 in which Prussian and British forces under Blucher and the Duke of Wellington routed the French forces under Napoleon (noun.act)
instance hypernym | : | pitched battle, |
definition | : | a fierce battle fought in close combat between troops in predetermined positions at a chosen time and place (noun.act) |
part meronym | : | napoleonic wars, |
definition | : | a series of wars fought between France (led by Napoleon Bonaparte) and alliances involving England and Prussia and Russia and Austria at different times; 1799-1815 (noun.act) |
domain region | : | belgique, belgium, kingdom of belgium, |
definition | : | a monarchy in northwestern Europe; headquarters for the European Union and for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (noun.location) |
2. a final crushing defeat (noun.event)
hypernym | : | defeat, licking, |
definition | : | an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest (noun.event) |
3. a town in central Belgium where in 1815 Napoleon met his final defeat (noun.location)
instance hypernym | : | town, |
definition | : | an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city (noun.location) |
part meronym | : | belgique, belgium, kingdom of belgium, |
definition | : | a monarchy in northwestern Europe; headquarters for the European Union and for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (noun.location) |
Visual ArtiKata
Explore waterloo in ArtiKata.com >