Ypres

[ French ee-pruh; British or Facetious wahy-perz ]

noun
  1. a town in W Belgium: battles 1914–18.

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How to use Ypres in a sentence

  • At Ypres, a World War I battlefield in Belgium, scientists estimate that shells and artillery left more than 2,800 metric tons of copper in the top half-meter of soil.

  • It was early in the war then, and between Ypres and the sea stretched a long thin line of Belgian trenches.

    The Amazing Interlude | Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • A grim memorial of those troublous times is still preserved at Ypres.

    Belgium | George W. T. (George William Thomson) Omond
  • It was believed in Ypres that the town had been saved by the intercession of the Virgin Mary, its patron saint.

    Belgium | George W. T. (George William Thomson) Omond
  • The religious troubles of the sixteenth century left their mark on Ypres as well as on the rest of Flanders.

    Belgium | George W. T. (George William Thomson) Omond
  • The citizens of Ypres took a prominent part in most of the great events which distinguished the heroic period of Flemish history.

    Belgium | George W. T. (George William Thomson) Omond

British Dictionary definitions for Ypres

Ypres

/ (French iprə) /


noun
  1. a town in W Belgium, in W Flanders province near the border with France: scene of many sieges and battles, esp in World War I, when it was completely destroyed. Pop: 35 021 (2004 est): Flemish name: Ieper

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