Associations to the word «Alamo»

Wiktionary

ALAMO, noun. A poplar tree of Southwestern U.S.; the cottonwood.
ALAMO, proper noun. A fort in San Antonio, Texas, USA, site of the Battle of the Alamo.

Dictionary definition

ALAMO, noun. A siege and massacre at a mission in San Antonio in 1836; Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged and massacred American rebels who were fighting to make Texas independent of Mexico.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King