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aircraft carriers

aircraft carriers is the plural of aircraft carrier.

Meaning of aircraft carrier

Noun

aircraft carrier (plural aircraft carriers)

  1. A warship designed to carry aircraft, serving as a seagoing air base, with a deck on which aircraft can be launched and landed.
    • The US Air Force has 383 F-35As in its fleet, according to the International Institute for Strategic Studies.
      The F-35A is one of the three versions of the US military’s stealth fighter. The Marine Corps flies the F-35B – a short take-off, vertical landing aircraft – and the Navy flies the F-35C...2025 April 10, Brad Lendon, “‘Frankenjet’ stealth fighter made from two wrecked warplanes joins US Air Force fleet”, in CNN
    Synonyms:
    bird farm, flattop

Questions about aircraft carriers

What is aircraft carriers the plural of?
Aircraft carriers is the plural of aircraft carrier.

Words near aircraft carriers in the dictionary

  1. aircover
  2. aircraft
  3. aircraft attitude
  4. aircraft attitudes
  5. aircraft carrier
  6. aircraft carriers
  7. aircraft engine
  8. aircraft engines
  9. aircraft graveyard
  10. aircraft graveyards
  11. aircraft movement

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