Search Result for "philippine sea":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a naval battle in World War II (1944); a decisive naval victory for the United States fleet over the Japanese who were trying to block supplies from reaching American troops on Leyte;
[syn: Philippine Sea, battle of the Philippine Sea]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Philippine Sea n 1: a naval battle in World War II (1944); a decisive naval victory for the United States fleet over the Japanese who were trying to block supplies from reaching American troops on Leyte [syn: Philippine Sea, battle of the Philippine Sea]