Thesaurus: phalanx

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1. n. A body of heavy-armed infantry formed in ranks and files close and deep. There were several different arrangements, the phalanx varying in depth from four to twenty-five or more ranks of men.
2. n. Any body of troops or men formed in close array, or any combination of people distinguished for firmness and solidity of a union.
3. n. A Fourierite community; a phalanstery.
4. n. One of the digital bones of the hand or foot, beyond the metacarpus or metatarsus; an internode.
5. n. A group or bundle of stamens, as in polyadelphous flowers.
6. n. any of the bones of the fingers or toes
7. n. any closely ranked crowd of people
8. n. a body of troops in close array
9. A body of heavy-armed infantry formed in ranks and files closeand deep. There were several different arrangements, the phalanxvarying in depth from four to twenty-five or more ranks of men. "Incubic phalanx firm advanced." Milton.The Grecian phalanx, moveless as a tower. Pope.
10. n:100 n. any of the bones of the fingers or toes n. any closely ranked crowd of people n. a body of troops in close array