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LAUNCH PAD

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Dictionary entry overview: What does launch pad mean?

• LAUNCH PAD (noun)
The noun LAUNCH PAD has 1 sense:

1. a platform from which rockets or space craft are launched

Familiarity information: LAUNCH PAD used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• LAUNCH PAD (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A platform from which rockets or space craft are launched

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

launch area; launch pad; launching pad; launchpad; pad

Hypernyms ("launch pad" is a kind of...):

platform (a raised horizontal surface)

Holonyms ("launch pad" is a part of...):

launching site (a place for launching pads)

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