antiaircraft meaning

UK US /ˌæntiˈɛrkræft/ 4 syllables

antiaircraft (adjective): designed for defense from a surface position against air attack.

antiaircraft has 2 meanings in this dictionary, as adjective and noun.

antiaircraft as an adjective

  1. designed for defense from a surface position against air attack

    Similar: defensive

antiaircraft as a noun

  1. artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes

    Synonyms: antiaircraft gun, flak, flack, pom-pom, ack-ack, ack-ack gun

    Type of: gun

    Kinds: Bofors gun

How to pronounce antiaircraft

antiaircraft is pronounced /ˌæntiˈɛrkræft/ in American English. It has 4 syllables, with the stress on the third syllable.

Scrabble score: 17 (letter breakdown)

Word lists: words starting with AN · words ending in FT · 12-letter words

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