ARRESTER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does arrester mean? 

• ARRESTER (noun)
  The noun ARRESTER has 1 sense:

1. a restraint that slows airplanes as they land on the flight deck of an aircraft carrier

  Familiarity information: ARRESTER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ARRESTER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A restraint that slows airplanes as they land on the flight deck of an aircraft carrier

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

arrester; arrester hook

Hypernyms ("arrester" is a kind of...):

constraint; restraint (a device that retards something's motion)

Holonyms ("arrester" is a part of...):

aircraft carrier; attack aircraft carrier; carrier; flattop (a large warship that carries planes and has a long flat deck for takeoffs and landings)

Derivation:

arrest (cause to stop)