DISTRESS SIGNAL

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

An internationally recognized signal sent out by a ship or plane indicating that help is needed

Synonyms:

distress call; distress signal

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("distress signal" is a kind of...):

sign; signal; signaling (any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "distress signal"):

SOS (an internationally recognized distress signal in radio code)

Mayday (an internationally recognized distress signal via radiotelephone (from the French m'aider))