ROCKET ENGINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rocket engine mean? 

• ROCKET ENGINE (noun)
  The noun ROCKET ENGINE has 1 sense:

1. a jet engine containing its own propellant and driven by reaction propulsion

  Familiarity information: ROCKET ENGINE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ROCKET ENGINE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A jet engine containing its own propellant and driven by reaction propulsion

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

rocket; rocket engine

Hypernyms ("rocket engine" is a kind of...):

jet engine (a gas turbine produces a stream of hot gas that propels a jet plane by reaction propulsion)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rocket engine"):

booster; booster rocket; booster unit; takeoff booster; takeoff rocket (the first stage of a multistage rocket)

nuclear rocket (a rocket engine in which a nuclear reactor is used to heat a propellant)

retrorocket (a small rocket engine on a larger rocket or spacecraft that is fired to slow or alter its course)

space rocket (a rocket powerful enough to travel into outer space)

thruster (a small rocket engine that provides the thrust needed to maneuver a spacecraft)

Holonyms ("rocket engine" is a part of...):

projectile; rocket (any vehicle self-propelled by a rocket engine)