LAUNCH AREA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does launch area mean? 

• LAUNCH AREA (noun)
  The noun LAUNCH AREA has 1 sense:

1. a platform from which rockets or space craft are launched

  Familiarity information: LAUNCH AREA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LAUNCH AREA (noun)

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 ("launch area" is a kind of...):

platform (a raised horizontal surface)

Holonyms ("launch area" is a part of...):

launching site (a place for launching pads)