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tiltrotor

tiltrotor noun: an aircraft that has powered rotors mounted on engine pods that can rotate to provide lift and/or propulsion.

Noun

tiltrotor (plural tiltrotors)

  1. An aircraft that has powered rotors mounted on engine pods that can rotate to provide lift and/or propulsion

Forms of tiltrotor

pluraltiltrotors

Origin of tiltrotor

From tilt + rotor.

Questions about tiltrotor

What does tiltrotor mean?
Tiltrotor means an aircraft that has powered rotors mounted on engine pods that can rotate to provide lift and/or propulsion.
What part of speech is tiltrotor?
Tiltrotor is a noun.
What is the plural of tiltrotor?
The plural of tiltrotor is tiltrotors.

Words near tiltrotor in the dictionary

  1. Tilton on the Hill
  2. Tilton on the Hill and Halstead
  3. Tiltons
  4. tiltorama
  5. tiltoramas
  6. tiltrotor
  7. tiltrotors
  8. tilts
  9. tilts at windmills
  10. tiltwing
  11. tiltwings

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