aircraft carrier

noun

: a warship with a flight deck on which aircraft can be launched and landed

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Besides the Abraham Lincoln, the U.S. Navy has sent another aircraft carrier, USS George Washington, to the Western Pacific Ocean last week. Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024 The bulk of the Pentagon’s investment funds still go to large platforms like aircraft carriers, bombers, fighter planes, and armored vehicles, and the members of Congress from states and districts where these systems are built want to keep it that way. William Hartung, Forbes, 23 Nov. 2024 The liner will join a group of other vessels that have become artificial reefs in the Gulf region, including the USS Oriskany, a 888-foot-long U.S. Navy aircraft carrier that was sunk 22.5 nautical miles off the Pensacola Pass in May 2006. George Petras, USA TODAY, 14 Nov. 2024 Only the United States Navy operates aircraft carriers bigger than the Fujian. Edward Szekeres and Brad Lendon, CNN, 1 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for aircraft carrier 

Word History

First Known Use

1917, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of aircraft carrier was in 1917

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“Aircraft carrier.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/aircraft%20carrier. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.

Kids Definition

aircraft carrier

noun
: a warship with a deck from which aircraft can take off and on which they can land
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