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phalanx
[fey-langks, fal-angks]
noun
plural
phalanxes, phalanges(in ancient Greece) a group of heavily armed infantry formed in ranks and files close and deep, with shields joined and long spears overlapping.
any body of troops in close array.
a number of individuals, especially persons united for a common purpose.
a compact or closely massed body of persons, animals, or things.
Military.Phalanx, a radar-controlled U.S. Navy 20 mm Gatling-type gun deployed on ships as a last line of defense against antiship cruise missiles.
(in Fourierism) a group of about 1800 persons, living together and holding their property in common.
Anatomy, Zoology.any of the bones of the fingers or toes.
verb (used without object)
Printing.to arrange the distribution of work in a shop as evenly as possible.
phalanx
/ ˈææŋ /
noun
an ancient Greek and Macedonian battle formation of hoplites presenting long spears from behind a wall of overlapping shields
any closely ranked unit or mass of people
the police formed a phalanx to protect the embassy
a number of people united for a common purpose
(in Fourierism) a group of approximately 1800 persons forming a commune in which all property is collectively owned
anatomy any of the bones of the fingers or toes
botany
a bundle of stamens, joined together by their stalks (filaments)
a form of vegetative spread in which the advance is on a broad front, as in the common reed Compare guerrilla
phalanx
plural
phalangesAny of the small bones of the fingers or toes in humans or the digits of many other vertebrates.
Word History and Origins
Origin of phalanx1
Word History and Origins
Origin of phalanx1
Example Sentences
A phalanx of police officers on horseback surround a person who has been knocked to the ground and repeatedly pummeled with batons.
Around 1 p.m., a phalanx of National Guard troops charged into the crowd, yelling “push” as they rammed people with riot shields.
The strikers and their families began to mingle with the phalanx of guardsmen.
She uses it to tap fatefully on trees and listen for the tiny movements of tasty grubs within, which she then extracts using those same Nosferatu phalanges.
There's a range of reasons why she's so polarizing, and Meghan doesn't have the phalanx of sympathetic insiders in the press that the Windsors do.
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