PORTON DOWN


Meaning of PORTON DOWN in English

Por ‧ ton Down /ˌpɔːtn ˈdaʊn $ ˌpɔːr-/ BrE AmE

a place in the south of England where there is a government ↑ laboratory used for studying chemical weapons and ↑ biological weapons (=weapons that use ↑ bacteria to kill people by giving them diseases)

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.