supercarrier
supercarrier noun: the largest type of aircraft carrier, usually displacing over 70,000 long tons.
Noun
supercarrier (plural supercarriers)
- The largest type of aircraft carrier, usually displacing over 70,000 long tons.
- Even the Navy has jumped back into the Osprey game with the decision to use a variant of the V-22 as a replacement for the aging C-2 Greyhound, a fixed-wing cargo plane used to ferry material and personnel on and off Navy supercarriers at sea. And other nations are now interested in procuring the...2015 November 6, Gabe Ramirez, “The Osprey finds its groove ahead of ISIS mission”, in CNN
- Sean J. Stackley, the Navy’s assistant secretary for acquisitions, gave the timetable for the 100,000-ton, 1,100-foot-long supercarrier in testimony prepared for the Senate Armed Services Committee on Wednesday.2016 April 7, Brad Lendon, “Supercarrier Ford to join Navy fleet in September”, in CNN
Forms of supercarrier
| plural | supercarriers |
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Origin of supercarrier
From super- + carrier.
Questions about supercarrier
- What does supercarrier mean?
- Supercarrier means the largest type of aircraft carrier, usually displacing over 70,000 long tons.
- What part of speech is supercarrier?
- Supercarrier is a noun.
- What is the plural of supercarrier?
- The plural of supercarrier is supercarriers.
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