air-cushion vehicle

noun

Definition of air-cushion vehiclenext
1
as in aircraft

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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
  • Video recorded by people inside their cars captured the terrifying moment the aircraft plunged from the sky, before striking near the roadway and exploding.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Preliminary information suggests the aircraft that crashed is a business jet.
    — Sofia Saric, Miami Herald, 1 Nov. 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
  • The location is intended to connect future air taxi services with existing ground transportation and airport facilities.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 31 Oct. 2026
  • Neubauer believes such a network could become particularly useful as low altitude delivery drones and air taxi services come online.
    — IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 28 Oct. 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
  • It was selected as the foundation of Britain’s five-ship Type 31 programme, which is being built at Babcock’s Rosyth shipyard in Scotland.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 29 Oct. 2026
  • The Navy has used the cessation of hostilities to restock ships with munitions and supplies, completing a significant replenishment of weapons for the USS George Washington last week.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of ship
Noun
  • Michigan State Police Aviation and Roscommon County Marine Patrol, using their airboat, along with other agencies on foot, assisted the sheriff's office with the search.
    — Karma Sabbah, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026
  • The Broward Sheriff’s Office has released rescue footage showing the response to a deadly airboat collision in the western Everglades earlier this month.
    — Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of airboat
Noun
  • Deputies said those aboard a nearby boat came to the assistance of possibly two people on the plane.
    — Paula Wethington, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026
  • The people who were killed on the plane are owed a duty of safety and a duty of care by the manufacturer of the aircraft, the pilot and all involved parties, but the same duty is owed to the people on the ground.
    — Sofia Saric, Miami Herald, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of plane
Noun
  • Drones Drones are hovercraft that use the downward force of three or more propellers to allow the drone to hover in place.
    — BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 30 Oct. 2026
  • 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
Definition of hovercraft
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