| military |
| 1. adj. Characteristic of members of the armed forces. | |
| Chelsea Manning was dishonorably discharged from all military duties. | |
| 2. adj. (North America) Relating to armed forces such as the army, marines, navy and air force (often as distinguished from civilians or police forces). | |
| If you join a military force, you may end up killing people. | |
| 3. adj. Relating to war. | |
| 4. adj. Relating to armies or ground forces. | |
| 5. n. Armed forces. | |
| He spent six years in the military. | |
| 6. n. (US, with the) U.S. armed forces in general, including the Marine Corps. | |
| It's not the job of the military to make policy. | |
| airhead |
| 1. n. (pejorative) A silly, foolish or unintelligent person. | |
| 2. n. A landing area for aircraft for supplying an operation, military or other, usually temporary. | |
| 3. n. (military) An area of hostile territory that has been seized by paratroopers or helicopter-based troops to ensure the further landing of troops and/or materiel. | |
| beachhead |
| 1. n. (military) An area of hostile territory (especially on a beach) that, when captured, serves for the continuous landing (or movement into position) of further troops and material | |
| 2. n. (by extension) an initial success that ensures the possibility of further advances in a project; a foothold | |
| bridgehead |
| 1. n. An area around the end of a bridge. | |
| 2. n. (military) A fortification around the end of a bridge. | |
| 3. n. (military) An area of ground on the enemy's side of a river or other obstacle, especially one that needs to be taken and defended in order to secure an advance. | |
| 4. n. (chemistry) Either of the two atoms in different parts of a molecule that are connected by a bridge of two or more other atoms | |
| lodgement |
| 1. n. (British) alternative spelling of lodgment | |
