airhead.
An area of hostile territory that has been seized for use as an airbase to ensure the further safe landing of troops and materiel.
Meaning & usage
An area of hostile territory that has been seized for use as an airbase to ensure the further safe landing of troops and materiel.
A (usually temporary) landing area for aircraft for supplying a non-military operation.
Alternative form of air-head (“a horizontal channel providing ventilation in a mine.”).
Where this word comes from
From air + head (“foremost, topmost, or leading part”), sense 1 (“area of hostile territory seized for use as an airbase”) by analogy with beachhead and bridgehead.
A foolish, silly, or unintelligent person.
Where this word comes from
From air + head, in the sense of having one’s head filled with air instead of a brain; compare empty-headed.
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