aircraft carrier

noun

: a warship with a flight deck on which aircraft can be launched and landed

Examples of aircraft carrier in a Sentence

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Listen to this article San Diego Museum Month is back for 2025, and participants can wander through a colorful camellia garden, stand at the ready in a command center on an aircraft carrier’s flight deck or see a Dutch artist’s debut exhibit in the United States. Abby Hamblin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Jan. 2025 Newsweek's weekly update maps aircraft carrier movements in the Indo-Pacific region. Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 24 Jan. 2025 How many people can effortlessly shift from field-anchoring on an aircraft carrier in the Red Sea to sitting down with Bono and Dolly Parton? Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 23 Jan. 2025 Fedotov, of course, was literally pulled off of a rink in Russia in 2022 and forced into military service, at one point stationed on an aircraft carrier in Murmansk. Kevin Kurz, The Athletic, 14 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for aircraft carrier 

Word History

First Known Use

1917, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of aircraft carrier was in 1917

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“Aircraft carrier.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/aircraft%20carrier. Accessed 10 Feb. 2025.

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aircraft carrier

noun
: a warship with a deck from which aircraft can take off and on which they can land
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