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]