air-cushion vehicle

noun

Definition of air-cushion vehiclenext
1
as in aircraft

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2
as in torpedo boat

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for air-cushion vehicle
  1. aircraft
  2. torpedo boat
  3. air taxi
  4. PT boat
  5. ship
  6. airboat
  7. plane
  8. hovercraft
Noun
  • The French Navy’s Falcon 50, along with two British lifeboats and two British aircraft, has been deployed in the search.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 30 Aug. 2026
  • The aircraft will maximize the defensive potential of Qatar's F-15QAs, Rafales, and Typhoons, allowing for extended surveillance and interception missions, reinforcing a defensive posture rather than offensive strikes.
    — Paul Iddon, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of aircraft
Noun
  • Albanian naval officer Bamir Kundreti, who is 56 years old, lived with his family on Sazan for eight years after 1991 as a torpedo boat commander.
    — Marzio G. Mian, Vanity Fair, 16 June 2026
  • Destroyers were invented in the 1880s, when they were called torpedo boat destroyers.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 2 Sep. 2022
Definition of torpedo boat
Noun
  • Archer serves as the official air taxi provider for LA28 and Team USA.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Current battery-electric systems can only typically sustain short flights of about 100 to 200 miles, which is why they have been limited to air taxi operations by companies such as Joby and Archer.
    — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of air taxi
Noun
  • In the Pacific, by the end of World War II, at least 212 PT boats had gotten into the fight.
    — Craig Hooper, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
  • The PT boat became the bomber squadron of 15 bombers and their crews that Bentsen commanded at age 23.
    — John C. Moritz, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
Definition of PT boat
Noun
  • The ambassador, a 69-year-old Texan billionaire, insisted on installing it, to have a place for the ship owner’s family to hang out, maybe flip an omelet for themselves.
    — CNN Money, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Since then, Iran has resumed attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz and the US has reinstated its naval blockade of Iranian ports.
    — Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of ship
Noun
  • What Duane Betts Talks About On This Episode Growing up along Sarasota Bay and remembering the Florida of his childhood, from fishing trips and Lake Okeechobee airboat rides to summers in Islamorada.
    — Sid Evans, Southern Living, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Everglades Swamp Tours offers an airboat excursion at one of the most biodiverse regions in the country.
    — Tracey Teo, AJC.com, 23 July 2026
Definition of airboat
Noun
  • DayGlo pigments were used extensively during World War II to make fluorescent fabric panels for US ground troops, while DayGlo’s black light paints were used on Navy aircraft carriers to enable planes to land at night.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Alexandria Sheriff's Office via AP Flight 103 was 31,000 feet over Lockerbie when a bomb in the plane's forward cargo area exploded 38 minutes after takeoff from London Heathrow Airport.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of plane
Noun
  • An array of pillars, permanent marks, the imposing Napoleonic-era Spitbank Fort, as well as the comings-and-goings of ferries and even the hovercraft going back and forth between Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight.
    — Andrew Rice, New York Times, 26 July 2026
  • The hovercraft tragedy underscores the rapidly changing weather conditions, dangerous waves and strong winds associated with Lake Baikal, reports indicated.
    — Jessica Mekles, FOXNews.com, 20 May 2026
Definition of hovercraft
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“Air-cushion vehicle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/air-cushion%20vehicle. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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