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aircraft carrier

Noun

Definitions

1. aircraft carrier

This noun refers to an aircraft carrier, a large naval warship designed to carry and launch military aircraft. It is a compound of the words for "sky" and "mother ship," and it appears in military and historical contexts.

Example sentences

Sentence 1

The aircraft carrier I saw at the port was way bigger than I imagined!

Sentence 2

Hey, is the flight deck of an aircraft carrier cold at night?

Sentence 3

His presence is overwhelming — like an aircraft carrier.

Sentence 4

That person gets weirdly condescending the moment aircraft carriers come up, don't they?

Sentence 5

He said calmly, "Aircraft carriers are inseparable from politics."