aircraft carrier

noun

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

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The Big Story 2nd F/A-18 falls into Red Sea as Houthis agree to ceasefire The Navy lost a second F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jet from an aircraft carrier in the Red Sea on a mission to target Houthi rebels in Yemen, the same day the U.S. announced a ceasefire deal with the militants. Ellen Mitchell, The Hill, 7 May 2025 Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has extended the deployment of the aircraft carrier in the Middle East for another week to support ongoing operations against the Houthis, The Associated Press reported on Friday. Amira El-Fekki‎, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 May 2025 This is enough man-hours to build four Nimitz-class U.S. Navy aircraft carriers. Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 5 May 2025 Last week, a US F/A-18 fighter jet fell off an aircraft carrier in the Red Sea after the ship made a hard turn to evade a Houthi attack. Jeremy Diamond, CNN Money, 5 May 2025 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 17 May. 2025.

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aircraft carrier

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