ALL meanings of phalanx
pha·lanx
P p - noun plural phalanx (in ancient Greece) a group of heavily armed infantry formed in ranks and files close and deep, with shields joined and long spears overlapping. 1
- noun plural phalanx any body of troops in close array. 1
- noun plural phalanx a number of individuals, especially persons united for a common purpose. 1
- noun plural phalanx a compact or closely massed body of persons, animals, or things. 1
- noun plural phalanx Military. (initial capital letter) a radar-controlled U.S. Navy 20mm Gatling-type gun deployed on ships as a last line of defense against antiship cruise missiles. 1
- noun plural phalanx (in Fourierism) a group of about 1800 persons, living together and holding their property in common. 1
- noun plural phalanx Anatomy, Zoology. any of the bones of the fingers or toes. 1
- verb without object phalanx Printing. to arrange the distribution of work in a shop as evenly as possible. 1
- noun phalanx bone of the finger or toe 1
- noun phalanx group of soldiers or mass of people in close formation 1
- countable noun phalanx A phalanx is a group of soldiers or police who are standing or marching close together ready to fight. 0
- countable noun phalanx A phalanx of people is a large group who are brought together for a particular purpose. 0
- noun phalanx an ancient Greek and Macedonian battle formation of hoplites presenting long spears from behind a wall of overlapping shields 0
- noun phalanx any closely ranked unit or mass of people 0
- noun phalanx a number of people united for a common purpose 0
- noun phalanx (in Fourierism) a group of approximately 1800 persons forming a commune in which all property is collectively owned 0
- noun phalanx any of the bones of the fingers or toes 0
- noun phalanx a bundle of stamens, joined together by their stalks (filaments) 0
- noun phalanx a form of vegetative spread in which the advance is on a broad front, as in the common reed 0
- noun phalanx an ancient military formation of infantry in close, deep ranks with shields overlapping and spears extended 0
- noun phalanx a massed group of individuals; compact body 0
- noun phalanx a group of individuals united for a common purpose 0
- noun phalanx the people forming a phalanstery 0
- noun phalanx any of the bones forming the fingers or toes 0