Hovercraft

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  • noun. A usually propeller-driven vehicle designed for traveling over land or water by riding on a layer pressurized air forced downward from the vehicle's bottom.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A vehicle that rides over water or land supported by the pressure of a stream of air generated by downward-thrusting fans, and is propelled forward by an air propeller; also called ACV and air-cushioned vehicle.
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  • noun. A vehicle supported on a cushion of air, able to traverse many different types of terrain and travel over water, used for transport.
  • noun. Plural form of hovercraft.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a craft capable of moving over water or land on a cushion of air created by jet engines
    • Word Usage
    "In 2002, Vincent Lamouroux built this Pentacycle to travel along the abandoned Aérotrain hovercraft monorailway built in the 1970s."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    craft  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    biplane  hovercar  landing  three-man  
    variant
    ACV  air-cushioned vehicle  
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