sam

Noun

WORDNET DICTIONARY

sam(n = noun.artifact) surface-to-air missile - a guided missile fired from land or shipboard against an airborne target; Array

is a kind of guided missile

has particulars: manpad, stinger

is a part of surface-to-air missile system

sam, adv. [AS. same. See Same, a.].

Together. Spenser. [1913 Webster]

sam, n. [acronym].

a Surface to Air Missile. [PJC]

sam, abbr. surface-to-air missile.