Dictionary entry details
• AIRCRAFT (noun)
Meaning:
A vehicle that can fly
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("aircraft" is a kind of...):
craft (a vehicle designed for navigation in or on water or air or through outer space)
Meronyms (parts of "aircraft"):
frame; skeletal frame; skeleton; underframe (the internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape)
nose (a front that resembles a human nose (especially the front of an aircraft))
fuel system (equipment in a motor vehicle or aircraft that delivers fuel to the engine)
skin (an outer surface (usually thin))
cockpit (compartment where the pilot sits while flying the aircraft)
cabin (the enclosed compartment of an aircraft or spacecraft where passengers are carried)
bay (a compartment in an aircraft used for some specific purpose)
aircraft engine (the engine that powers and aircraft)
Domain member category:
lighter-than-air (relating to a balloon or other aircraft that flies because it weighs less than the air it displaces)
aerial (in or belonging to the air or operating (for or by means of aircraft or elevated cables) in the air)
sweptback ((especially of aircraft wings) angled rearward from the point of attachment)
heavier-than-air (relating to an aircraft heavier than the air it displaces)
touch down (come or bring (a plane) to a landing)
aviate; fly; pilot (fly a plane)
blackout; brownout; dimout (darkness resulting from the extinction of lights (as in a city invisible to enemy aircraft))
airplane pilot; pilot (someone who is licensed to operate an aircraft in flight)
driftage (the deviation (by a vessel or aircraft) from its intended course due to drifting)
destabilization (an event that causes a loss of equilibrium (as of a ship or aircraft))
fly-by; flyover; flypast (a flight at a low altitude (usually of military aircraft) over spectators on the ground)
stabilisation; stabilization (the act of making something (as a vessel or aircraft) less likely to overturn)
crop-dusting; spraying (the dispersion of fungicides or insecticides or fertilizer on growing crops (often from a low-flying aircraft))
crash landing (an emergency landing under circumstances where a normal landing is impossible (usually damaging the aircraft))
sweptwing ((of an aircraft) having sweptback wings)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "aircraft"):
bogey; bogie; bogy (an unidentified (and possibly enemy) aircraft)
cruise missile (an unmanned aircraft that is a self-contained bomb)
heavier-than-air craft (a non-buoyant aircraft that requires a source of power to hold it aloft and to propel it)
lighter-than-air craft (aircraft supported by its own buoyancy)
stealth aircraft (an aircraft designed in accordance with technology that makes detection by radar difficult)
Holonyms ("aircraft" is a member of...):
fleet (group of aircraft operating together under the same ownership)
