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cab ranks

cab ranks is the plural of cab rank.

Meaning of cab 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)

Questions about cab ranks

What is cab ranks the plural of?
Cab ranks is the plural of cab rank.

Words near cab ranks in the dictionary

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

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