VividLex

Home / Dictionary / Dunkerque

Dunkerque

1 sense · Free VividLex dictionary · Thesaurus

1. n a seaport in northern France on the North Sea; scene of the evacuation of British forces in 1940 during World War II n an amphibious evacuation in World War II (1940) when 330,000 Allied troops had to be evacuated from the beaches in northern France in a desperate retreat under enemy fire Source: ecdict

Thesaurus links

Related headwords in VividLex — dictionary ↔ thesaurus bridge for exploration and SEO depth.

From the definitions

evacuation France northern war world allied amphibious beaches british desperate enemy evacuated fire forces north retreat scene sea seaport troops

Word family

dunked dunker Dunkers

Nearby in the alphabet

Open full thesaurus page for Dunkerque · Language as a Lens

Explore more

Thesaurus hub Word of the day Dictionary guide Learn POS

Search dictionary Related words Home