aircraft carrier

noun

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

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More than 2,000 navy and aircraft carrier construction personnel looked on from stands along the dock as Xi joined an honor guard in a flag ceremony for the commissioning, which took place Wednesday afternoon. Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 7 Nov. 2025 Chinese warships now outnumber US ones, although the US operates more aircraft carriers, which are vital ways of projecting power overseas. Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 7 Nov. 2025 The system successfully handled both open-area and shielded oil fires, including those likely to occur on aircraft carriers. Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 6 Nov. 2025 The administration keeps portraying its actions as part of a counternarcotics operation—ostensibly the first such operation in history to require the use of an aircraft carrier. Quico Toro, The Atlantic, 4 Nov. 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 9 Nov. 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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