aircraft carrier
A warship designed to carry aircraft, serving as a seagoing air base, with a deck on…A warship designed to carry aircraft, serving as a seagoing air base, with a deck on which aircraft can be launched and landed.
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1 sensesA warship designed to carry aircraft, serving as a seagoing air base, with a deck on which aircraft can be launched and landed.
Flugzeugträger
авиано́сецavianósec, авиама́ткаaviamátka, ТАКРTAKR
авіано́сецьavianósecʹ
- a large warship that carries planes and has a long flat deck for takeoffs and landings
Examples
18 sentencesHow many aircraft can an aircraft carrier hold?
He works on an aircraft carrier as a cook.
deEr arbeitet als Koch auf einem Flugzeugträger. — Waldelfe
China has landed their first jet on an aircraft carrier.
No conventional weapon has enough power to completely destroy an aircraft carrier.
This aircraft carrier is scheduled for decommissioning.
ruЭтот авианосец планируют списать. — caponych
Translations
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Forms
plural: aircraft carriers| Singular | aircraft carrier |
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Synonyms
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7 related wordsSee also
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