"TOW" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: TOWs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} TOW (plural TOWs)
  1. (military) Initialism of tube-launched, optically tracked, wire-guided: a kind of antitank missile. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: tube-launched (extra: a kind of antitank missile), optically tracked (extra: a kind of antitank missile), wire-guided (extra: a kind of antitank missile) Categories (topical): Military
    Sense id: en-TOW-en-noun-VEQ5T7GY Topics: government, military, politics, war

Phrase [English]

Head templates: {{head|en|phrase}} TOW
  1. (fandom slang) Initialism of The One with ... and The One Where ...: used to refer to episodes of the American television sitcom Friends. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, slang Alternative form of: The One with ... and The One Where (extra: used to refer to episodes of the American television sitcom Friends)
    Sense id: en-TOW-en-phrase-jjnDIjJE Categories (other): English terms with collocations, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 59 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 37 63 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 35 65 Topics: lifestyle

Inflected forms

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