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LAUNCH AREA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does launch area mean?
• LAUNCH AREA (noun)
The noun LAUNCH AREA has 1 sense:
1. a platform from which rockets or space craft are launched
Familiarity information: LAUNCH AREA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
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 area" is a kind of...):
platform (a raised horizontal surface)
Holonyms ("launch area" is a part of...):
launching site (a place for launching pads)
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