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LAUNCHPAD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does launchpad mean? 

LAUNCHPAD (noun)
  The noun LAUNCHPAD has 1 sense:

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

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


 Dictionary entry details 


LAUNCHPAD (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 ("launchpad" is a kind of...):

platform (a raised horizontal surface)

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

launching site (a place for launching pads)


 Context examples 


Last year, a Falcon 9 exploded on a Florida launchpad during a preflight test.

(SpaceX Completes Successful Rocket Launch, VOA News)

Private space exploration company SpaceX has conducted its first successful launch since the explosion of a rocket on the launchpad in September.

(SpaceX Completes Successful Rocket Launch, VOA News)



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