antiaircraft: Meaning and Definition of

an•ti•air•craft

Pronunciation: (an"tē-âr'kraft", -kräft", an"tī-), [key]
— adj.
  1. designed for or used in defense against enemy aircraft.
—n.
  1. artillery used against enemy aircraft.
  2. a military organization operating and servicing antiaircraft artillery.
  3. shellfire from antiaircraft artillery: The planes flew through heavy antiaircraft.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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