(aircraft)
1aircraft — air‧craft [ˈeəkrɑːft ǁ ˈerkræft] noun aircraft PLURALFORM [countable] a plane or other vehicle that can fly: • The country s aircraft industry is still in its infancy. comˈmuter ˌaircraft TRAVEL an aircraft used mainly by business people for… …
2aircraft — (n.) 1851, originally in reference to airships and balloons, from AIR (Cf. air) (n.1) + CRAFT (Cf. craft) (n.); a term from boating, as were many early aviation words. Of airplanes from 1907 and since 1930s exclusively of them. Aircraft carrier… …
3aircraft — [er′kraft΄] n. pl. aircraft any structure or machine designed to travel through the air, whether heavier or lighter than air; airplane, airship, balloon, helicopter, etc …
4Aircraft — Air craft , n. sing. & pl. Any vehicle, such as an airplane, helicopter, balloon, etc., for floating in, or flying through, the air. [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC] …
5aircraft — [n] airplane airliner, airship, balloon, blimp, chopper*, dirigible, flying machine, flying saucer, helicopter, jet, UFO, zeppelin; concept 504 …
6aircraft — ► NOUN (pl. same) ▪ an aeroplane, helicopter, or other machine capable of flight …
7Aircraft — An aircraft is a vehicle which is able to fly through the Earth s atmosphere or through any other atmosphere. Rocket vehicles are not aircraft if they are not supported by the surrounding air. All the human activity which surrounds aircraft is… …
8aircraft — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ fixed wing, jet, light, low flying, supersonic ▪ Three men were flying in a light aircraft at low altitude when a passenger jet approached. ▪ attacks by helicopters and fixed wing aircraft …
9aircraft */*/ — UK [ˈeə(r)ˌkrɑːft] / US [ˈerˌkræft] noun [countable] Word forms aircraft : singular aircraft plural aircraft a plane, helicopter, or other vehicle that flies military/commercial aircraft They came under attack from enemy aircraft. The aircraft… …
10aircraft — See inactive aircraft inventory; program aircraft; reserve aircraft; supporting aircraft; unit aircraft …
