hovercraft
A vehicle supported on a cushion of air, able to traverse many different types of…A vehicle supported on a cushion of air, able to traverse many different types of terrain and travel over water, used for transport.
» Can a hovercraft safely cross a minefield?
Meaning
1 sensesA vehicle supported on a cushion of air, able to traverse many different types of terrain and travel over water, used for transport.
Hovercraft, Luftkissenfahrzeug, Luftkissenboot
су́дно на возду́шной поду́шкеsúdno na vozdúšnoj podúške, СВПSVP, хо́веркра́фтxóverkráft
судно́ на пові́тряній поду́шціsudnó na povítrjanij podúšci
a craft capable of moving over water or land on a cushion of air created by jet engines
Examples
10 sentencesCan a hovercraft safely cross a minefield?
My hovercraft is teeming with eel.
My eel is full of hovercrafts.
The hovercraft can go pretty fast.
What even is a hovercraft anyway?
Translations
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Origin
From hover + -craft. Originally a trademark by Saunders-Roe Limited, a British aero- and mFrom hover + -craft. Originally a trademark by Saunders-Roe Limited, a British aero- and marine-engineering company.
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Forms
plural: hovercraft| Singular | hovercraft |
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| Plural | hovercraft |
irregular · Lesson
Synonyms
3 synonyms- a craft capable of moving over water or land on a cushion of air created by jet engines:ground-effect machine
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular