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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. An aircraft that derives its lift from blades that rotate about an approximately vertical central axis.
  2. v. To go or transport by helicopter.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. A flying-machine in which revolving screws or revolving helicoidal surfaces are depended upon to sustain the machine in the air.

Wiktionary

  1. n. An aircraft that is borne along by one or more sets of long rotating blades which allow it to hover, move in any direction including reverse, or land; and having a smaller set of blades on its tail that stabilize the aircraft.
  2. n. a powered troweling machine with spinning blades used to spread concrete.
  3. n. a winged fruit of certain trees, such as ash, elm, and maple
  4. v. transitive To transport by helicopter.
  5. v. intransitive To travel by helicopter.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. a heavier-than-air aircraft whose lift is provided by the aerodynamic forces on rotating blades rather than on fixed wings. Contrasted with fixed-wing aircraft.
  2. v. to travel in a helicopter.
  3. v. to transport in a helicopter.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. an aircraft without wings that obtains its lift from the rotation of overhead blades

Etymologies

  1. From French hélicoptère, from Ancient Greek ἕλιξ (helix, "spiral") + πτερόν (pteron, "wing"). (Wiktionary)
  2. French hélicoptère : Greek helix, helik-, spiral; see helix + Greek pteron, wing; see -pter. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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synonyms (12)

Words with the same meaning

  1. copter
  2. rotary-wing aircraft
  1. slang
  2. eggbeater
  1. whirlybird
  2. qualifier
  1. informal
  2. chopper
  1. technical
  2. trowel machine
  1. power trowel
  2. samara

antonyms (1)

Words with the opposite meaning

  1. fixed-wing aircraft

hypernyms (1)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. heavier-than-air craft

hyponyms (4)

Words that are more specific

  1. cargo helicopter
  1. skyhook
  1. single-rotor helicopter
  1. shuttle helicopter

same context (21)

Words that are found in similar contexts

  1. aircraft
  2. shuttle
  3. airplane
  4. bomber
  1. vehicle
  2. artillery
  3. reconnaissance
  4. missile
  1. cruiser
  2. submarine
  3. aviation
  4. fighter
  1. jet
  2. transport
  3. battalion
  4. chopper
  1. carrier
  2. patrol
  3. tank
  4. personnel
  1. craft

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Words that contain this word in their definition

  1. skyhook
  2. shuttle helicopter
  3. single-rotor helicopter
  4. cargo helicopter
  5. main rotor
  6. tail rotor
  7. chopper
  8. anti-torque rotor
  9. go
  1. helicopter
  2. 2,257-seat
  3. airworthy
  4. airmobile
  5. airframe
  6. aircraft
  7. rotor
  8. medevac
  9. turboshaft
  1. whirlybird
  2. rotorcraft
  3. heliborne
  4. heliskiing
  5. gyroplane
  6. warrant officer
  7. gunship
  8. Sikorsky
  9. helo
  1. approachable
  2. downwash
  3. lift
  4. radius
  5. slick
  6. rotary wing
  7. rotor blade
  8. rotor head
  9. rotor shaft
  1. cockpit
  2. land
  3. ski
  4. hover
  5. copter
  6. igor ivanovich sikorsky
  7. igor sikorsky
  8. landing skid
  9. air-drop

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  • yarb I will never fly in one again. Sep 26, 2012

  • ruzuzu "A flying-machine in which revolving screws or revolving helicoidal surfaces are depended upon to sustain the machine in the air."

    --Cent. Dict. Sep 24, 2012

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