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LAUNCHPAD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does launchpad mean?
• LAUNCHPAD (noun)
The noun LAUNCHPAD has 1 sense:
1. a platform from which rockets or space craft are launched
Familiarity information: LAUNCHPAD 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 ("launchpad" is a kind of...):
platform (a raised horizontal surface)
Holonyms ("launchpad" is a part of...):
launching site (a place for launching pads)
Context examples
Last year, a Falcon 9 exploded on a Florida launchpad during a preflight test.
(SpaceX Completes Successful Rocket Launch, VOA News)
Private space exploration company SpaceX has conducted its first successful launch since the explosion of a rocket on the launchpad in September.
(SpaceX Completes Successful Rocket Launch, VOA News)
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