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ARRESTER HOOK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does arrester hook mean? 

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

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

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


 Dictionary entry details 


ARRESTER HOOK (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 hook" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("arrester hook" 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)


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