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cab rank

cab rank noun: synonym of taxi rank.

Noun

cab rank (plural cab ranks)

  1. Synonym of taxi rank.
    Synonyms:
    taxi rank
  2. A group of aircraft that remain airborne in order to attack targets quickly when requested.
    • Their presence with the army greatly heartened the rank and file, as did the appearance above the battlefield of "cab ranks" of fighters and fighter-bombers.1953, Denis George Richards, Hilary Aidan St. George Saunders, Royal Air Force: The fight is won (page 352)

Synonyms of cab rank

Forms of cab rank

pluralcab ranks

Questions about cab rank

What does cab rank mean?
Cab rank means synonym of taxi rank.
What part of speech is cab rank?
Cab rank is a noun.
What is the plural of cab rank?
The plural of cab rank is cab ranks.

Words near cab rank in the dictionary

  1. cab driver
  2. cab drivers
  3. cab forward
  4. cab forwards
  5. cab off the rank
  6. cab rank
  7. cab ranks
  8. cab sav
  9. cab savs
  10. cab signal
  11. cab signaling

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