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superfortress

superfortress noun: a massive and heavily protected fortress.

Noun

superfortress (plural superfortresses)

  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.
    • These women flew fighter planes and B-29 superfortresses as test pilots as well as ferry pilots.1979 April 28, Mary A. Lowry, “Those Wonderful Women in Their Flying Machines (review)”, in Gay Community News, page 10

Forms of superfortress

pluralsuperfortresses

Origin of superfortress

From super- + fortress.

Questions about superfortress

What does superfortress mean?
Superfortress means a massive and heavily protected fortress.
What part of speech is superfortress?
Superfortress is a noun.
What is the plural of superfortress?
The plural of superfortress is superfortresses.

Words near superfortress in the dictionary

  1. superforms
  2. superformula
  3. superformulae
  4. superformular
  5. superformulas
  6. superfortress
  7. superfortresses
  8. superfortunate
  9. superfox
  10. superfoxes
  11. superfractal

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