RETROROCKET

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does retrorocket mean? 

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

1. a small rocket engine on a larger rocket or spacecraft that is fired to slow or alter its course

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• RETROROCKET (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A small rocket engine on a larger rocket or spacecraft that is fired to slow or alter its course

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

rocket; rocket engine (a jet engine containing its own propellant and driven by reaction propulsion)