Beachhead

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  beachhead \beach"head`\ n.
     an area in hostile territory that has been occupied and is
     held to allow aditional troops and supplies to enter.
  
     Syn: bridgehead, foothold.
          [WordNet 1.5]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  beachhead
       n 1: a bridgehead on the enemy's shoreline seized by an
            amphibious operation; "the Germans were desperately
            trying to contain the Anzio beachhead"
       2: an initial accomplishment that opens the way for further
          developments; "the town became a beachhead in the campaign
          to ban smoking outdoors"; "they are presently attempting
          to gain a foothold in the Russian market" [syn: {foothold}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  53 Moby Thesaurus words for "beachhead":
     acropolis, advance guard, airhead, avant-garde, bastion,
     battle line, blockhouse, bridgehead, bunker, castle, citadel,
     donjon, farthest outpost, fasthold, fastness, first line,
     forefront, fort, fortress, front, front line, front rank,
     front-runner, garrison, garrison house, hold, keep, line, martello,
     martello tower, mote, motte, outguard, outpost, peel, peel tower,
     pillbox, pioneer, point, post, precursor, railhead, rath, safehold,
     scout, spearhead, strong point, stronghold, tower,
     tower of strength, van, vanguard, ward