aircraft
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- Scrabble points
- 13
- Words With Friends
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- Letters
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/ˈɛə.kɹɑːft/
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/ˈɛə.kɹɑːft/ · /ˈɛː.kɹɑːft/ · /ˈɛɚ.kɹæft/ · /ˈɛɹ̩.kɹæft/
Definition of aircraft
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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A vehicle capable of atmospheric flight due to interaction with the air, such as buoyancy or lift.
“light aircraft”
“aircraft manufacturer”
“aircraft licence”
“6.2.3.2.2. For aircraft having pressurized cabins, the disinsection of cabins and annexes, cockpit and annexes, is to be carried out after the embarkation of passengers and crew and the closing of the doors and windscreen[.]”
“More than 100 provincial and municipal firefighters were brought in, with helicopters and aircraft used to drop water and fire retardant, while bulldozers were digging firebreaks.”
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noun
-
A vehicle capable of atmospheric flight due to interaction with the air, such as buoyancy or lift.
“light aircraft”
“aircraft manufacturer”
“aircraft licence”
“6.2.3.2.2. For aircraft having pressurized cabins, the disinsection of cabins and annexes, cockpit and annexes, is to be carried out after the embarkation of passengers and crew and the closing of the doors and windscreen[.]”
“More than 100 provincial and municipal firefighters were brought in, with helicopters and aircraft used to drop water and fire retardant, while bulldozers were digging firebreaks.”
- (sometimes)A vehicle capable of atmospheric flight due to interaction with the air, such as buoyancy or lift.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From air + -craft.
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