aircraft carrier

noun

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

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The aircraft carrier is currently operating in the Timor Sea as part of the multinational Talisman Sabre 25 exercise organized by Australia and the U.S., per USNI News. Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 2 Aug. 2025 The Seahawk can perform anti-submarine warfare, anti-surface warfare, search and rescue, and at-sea supply missions, among other tasks, from Navy warships including aircraft carriers and destroyers. John Feng, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Aug. 2025 As recently as this week, Chinese aircraft carriers pushed farther into waters that had long been dominated by the U.S. military, in a series of drills reported by the Japanese military's joint staff. Tom Bowman, NPR, 24 July 2025 As air boss of the USS Midway, Jumper guided scores of evacuation helicopters onto the aircraft carrier’s deck during a chaotic, hair-raising 30-hour period in April 1975, as North Vietnamese forces were taking control of Saigon. Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 July 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 7 Aug. 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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