English Explanatory Dictionary

superfortress

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A massive and heavily protected fortress.
  2. A bomber aeroplane that is larger than and superior to by being technically advanced compared to the Boeing B-17 "flying fortress", specifically the Boeing B-29 long-range heavy bomber aeroplane that was developed during the early 1940s.

Word forms

superfortress superfortresses

Etymology

From super- + fortress.

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