aircraft carrier

noun

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

Examples of aircraft carrier in a Sentence

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The chip supports the Catapult Assisted Take-Off but Arrested Recovery system used to launch aircraft from Nimitz-class aircraft carriers. Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 19 June 2026 America’s longest serving aircraft carrier, too big to transit the Panama Canal, saw action for nearly half a century, from Vietnam through Operation Desert Storm and now serves as a museum in San Diego. Greg Engle, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026 As a basketball fan, watching some of those college games get played on aircraft carriers and military bases, those things were cool as hell. Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 18 June 2026 And everyone saw this aircraft carrier. David Frum, The Atlantic, 17 June 2026 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 25 Jun. 2026.

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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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