aircraft carrier

noun

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

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In February, the aircraft carrier was in a collision with a merchant vessel in the Mediterranean Sea near the entrance to the Suez Canal in Egypt. CBS News, 29 Apr. 2025 Meanwhile, the Japanese Defense Ministry reported that a Chinese naval strike group, which was led by the aircraft carrier CNS Shandong, sailed toward the South China Sea on Friday, following its deployment to east of Luzon, an island in the northern Philippines, on Wednesday. Mark Weinstein, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Apr. 2025 The event also attracted many local military veterans, including Ramona resident Rudy Weidler, who served on the USS Oriskany — another Navy aircraft carrier — before retiring. David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Apr. 2025 Researchers even got a look at some of the marine life that have made the remnants of the aircraft carrier their home. Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 24 Apr. 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 3 May. 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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