English noun: theater of operations | |||
1. | theater of operations (location) a region in which active military operations are in progress | ||
Samples | The army was in the field awaiting action. He served in the Vietnam theater for three years. | ||
Synonyms | field, field of operations, theater, theatre, theatre of operations | ||
Broader (hypernym) | region | ||
Part holonym | combat area, combat zone | ||
Part meronym | theater of war, theatre of war | ||
Domain category | armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine | ||