squadron

Meaning of squadron

noun
  1. Primarily, a square; hence, a square body of troops; a body of troops drawn up in a square.
  2. A body of cavalry comprising two companies or troops, averaging from one hundred and twenty to two hundred soldiers.
  3. A body of infantrymen made up of several platoons, averaging from eighty to one hundred and fifty men, and led by a captain or a major.
  4. A detachment of vessels employed on any particular service or station, under the command of the senior officer
    the North Atlantic Squadron
  5. (air force) A tactical air force unit; consists of at least two flights; multiple squadrons make up a group or wing (depending on particular air force).
  6. (U.S. Space Force) A spaceforce unit; multiple squadrons make up an operations delta or a support garrison.

Information about squadron

  • It is a name.
  • The plural form of squadron is: squadrons.
  • Languages ​​in which squadron is used:

    (Press the button to hear it)

Hyphenation of squadron

squadron

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 8 chars.
  • squadron is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

Words that rhyme with squadron

Adron, Chadron, Decadron, chiliadron, decadron, hadron, ladron, madron, subsquadron, Kedron, Wedron, anhedron, cedron, chiliaedron, chiliahedron, cuboctahedron, decaedron, decahedron, deltahedron, deltohedron, didodecahedron, dihedron, dihexahedron, diplohedron, dodecahedron, duodecahedron, dyakisdodecahedron, enneacontahedron, enneahedron, hemihedron, hendecahedron, heptahedron, hexahedron, hexakisoctahedron, hexakistetrahedron, hexatetrahedron, hexoctahedron, holodedron, holohedron, hypertetrahedron, icosahedron, icositetrahedron, inpolyhedron, leucitohedron, octahedron, octakishexahedron, octohedron, pentadodecahedron, pentagonohedron, pentahedron

Are you looking more rhymes for squadron? Try our rhymes search engine.