Aircraft Carrier

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Overview of noun aircraft_carrier

The noun aircraft Carrier1.) Carrier, bearer, toter -- (someone whose employment involves carrying something; "the bonds were transmitted by carrier")

2.) Carrier -- (a self-propelled wheeled vehicle designed specifically to carry something; "refrigerated carriers have revolutionized the grocery business")

carrier has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)

• aircraft Carrier1.) Carrier, bearer, toter -- (someone whose employment involves carrying something; "the bonds were transmitted by carrier")
  2.) Carrier -- (a self-propelled wheeled vehicle designed specifically to carry something; "refrigerated carriers have revolutionized the grocery business")
  carrier, carrier, Flattop1.) Crew cut, flattop -- (a closely cropped haircut; usually for men)
  2.) Aircraft carrier, carrier, flattop, attack aircraft carrier -- (a large warship that carries planes and has a long flat deck for takeoffs and landings)
  flattop, attack aircraft Carrier1.) Carrier, bearer, toter -- (someone whose employment involves carrying something; "the bonds were transmitted by carrier")
  2.) Carrier -- (a self-propelled wheeled vehicle designed specifically to carry something; "refrigerated carriers have revolutionized the grocery business")
  carrier -- (a Large1.) Large -- (a garment size for a large person)
  1.) Large, big -- (above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a large city"; "set out for the big city"; "a large sum"; "a big (or large) barn"; "a large family"; "big businesses"; "a big expenditure"; "a large number of newspapers"; "a big group of scientists"; "large areas of the world")
  large warship that Carries1.) Carry -- (the act of carrying something)
  1.) Transport, carry -- (move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body; "You must carry your camping gear"; "carry the suitcases to the car"; "This train is carrying nuclear waste"; "These pipes carry waste water into the river")
  carries planes and has a Long1.) Hanker, long, yearn -- (desire strongly or persistently)
  1.) Long -- (primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified; "a long life"; "a long boring speech"; "a long time"; "a long friendship"; "a long game"; "long ago"; "an hour long")
  long flat Deck1.) Deck -- (any of various platforms built into a vessel)
  2.) Deck -- (street name for a packet of illegal drugs)
  deck for Takeoffs1.) Takeoff -- (a departure; especially of airplanes)
  2.) Takeoff -- (the initial ascent of an airplane as it becomes airborne)
  takeoffs and landings)

Related Terms - "Aircraft Carrier"

Meaning 1 of Aircraft Carrieraircraft carrier, carrier, flattop, attack aircraft carrier warship, war vessel, combat ship

• Aircraft carrier1.) Aircraft carrier, carrier, flattop, attack aircraft carrier -- (a large warship that carries planes and has a long flat deck for takeoffs and landings)
  Aircraft carrier, Carrier1.) Carrier, bearer, toter -- (someone whose employment involves carrying something; "the bonds were transmitted by carrier")
  2.) Carrier -- (a self-propelled wheeled vehicle designed specifically to carry something; "refrigerated carriers have revolutionized the grocery business")
  Carrier, Flattop1.) Crew cut, flattop -- (a closely cropped haircut; usually for men)
  2.) Aircraft carrier, carrier, flattop, attack aircraft carrier -- (a large warship that carries planes and has a long flat deck for takeoffs and landings)
  Flattop, Attack aircraft carrier1.) Aircraft carrier, carrier, flattop, attack aircraft carrier -- (a large warship that carries planes and has a long flat deck for takeoffs and landings)
  Attack aircraft carrier - A large warship that carries planes and has a long flat deck for takeoffs and landings

• Battleship1.) Battleship, battlewagon -- (large and heavily armoured warship)
  Battleship, Battlewagon1.) Battleship, battlewagon -- (large and heavily armoured warship)
  Battlewagon - Large and heavily armoured warship

• Capital ship1.) Capital ship -- (a warship of the first rank in size and armament)
  Capital ship - A warship of the first rank in size and armament

• Corvette1.) Corvette -- (a highly maneuverable escort warship; smaller than a destroyer)
  Corvette - A highly maneuverable escort warship; smaller than a destroyer

• Cruiser1.) Cruiser, police cruiser, patrol car, police car, prowl car, squad car -- (a car in which policemen cruise the streets; equipped with radiotelephonic communications to headquarters)
  2.) Cruiser -- (a large fast warship; smaller than a battleship and larger than a destroyer)
  Cruiser - A car in which policemen cruise the streets; equipped with radiotelephonic communications to headquarters

• Destroyer1.) Destroyer, guided missile destroyer -- (a small fast lightly armored but heavily armed warship)
  2.) Destroyer, ruiner, undoer, waster, uprooter -- (a person who destroys or ruins or lays waste to; "a destroyer of the environment"; "jealousy was his undoer"; "uprooters of gravestones")
  Destroyer, Guided missile destroyer1.) Destroyer, guided missile destroyer -- (a small fast lightly armored but heavily armed warship)
  Guided missile destroyer - A small fast lightly armored but heavily armed warship

• Destroyer escort1.) Destroyer escort -- (warship smaller than a destroyer; designed to escort fleets or convoys)
  Destroyer escort - Warship smaller than a destroyer; designed to escort fleets or convoys

• Frigate1.) Frigate -- (a medium size square-rigged warship of the 18th and 19th centuries)
  2.) Frigate -- (a United States warship larger than a destroyer and smaller than a cruiser)
  Frigate - A medium size square-rigged warship of the 18th and 19th centuries

• Frigate1.) Frigate -- (a medium size square-rigged warship of the 18th and 19th centuries)
  2.) Frigate -- (a United States warship larger than a destroyer and smaller than a cruiser)
  Frigate - A medium size square-rigged warship of the 18th and 19th centuries

• Guard ship1.) Guard ship -- (a warship (at anchor or under way) required to maintain a higher degree of readiness than others in its squadron)
  Guard ship - A warship (at anchor or under way) required to maintain a higher degree of readiness than others in its squadron

• Ironclad1.) Ironclad -- (a wooden warship of the 19th century that is plated with iron or steel armor)
  1.) Ironclad -- (sheathed in iron plates for protection)
  Ironclad - A wooden warship of the 19th century that is plated with iron or steel armor

• Man-of-war1.) Man-of-war, ship of the line -- (a warship intended for combat)
  2.) Portuguese man-of-war, man-of-war, jellyfish -- (large siphonophore having a bladderlike float and stinging tentacles)
  Man-of-war, Ship of the line1.) Man-of-war, ship of the line -- (a warship intended for combat)
  Ship of the line - A warship intended for combat

• Privateer1.) Privateer, privateersman -- (an officer or crew member of a privateer)
  2.) Privateer -- (a privately owned warship commissioned to prey on the commercial shipping or warships of an enemy nation)
  Privateer - An officer or crew member of a privateer

• Sloop of war1.) Sloop of war -- (a sailing or steam warship having cannons on only one deck)
  Sloop of war - A sailing or steam warship having cannons on only one deck

• Submersible1.) Submersible -- (an apparatus intended for use under water)
  2.) Submersible, submersible warship -- (a warship designed to operate under water)
  Submersible, Submersible warship1.) Submersible, submersible warship -- (a warship designed to operate under water)
  Submersible warship - An apparatus intended for use under water

• Surface ship1.) Surface ship -- (a warship that operates on the surface of the water)
  Surface ship - A warship that operates on the surface of the water

• Three-decker1.) Club sandwich, three-decker, triple-decker -- (made with three slices of usually toasted bread)
  2.) Three-decker -- (any ship having three decks)
  Three-decker - Made with three slices of usually toasted bread

• Torpedo boat1.) Torpedo boat -- (small high-speed warship designed for torpedo attacks in coastal waters)
  Torpedo boat - Small high-speed warship designed for torpedo attacks in coastal waters