Hypernym

warship 1

noun

a government ship that is available for waging war

Part_meronym

arrester 1

noun

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

flight deck 1

noun

the upper deck of an aircraft carrier; used as a runway

arresting gear 1

noun

a mechanical system used to rapidly decelerate an aircraft as it lands.

aircraft catapult 1

noun

a device used to launch aircraft from ships—in particular aircraft carriers—as a form of assisted take off.

flattop 2

noundomain: artefact

Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]

English

Definition

a large warship that carries planes and has a long flat deck for takeoffs and landings

Synonyms

aircraft carrier 1
a large warship that carries planes and has a long flat deck for takeoffs and landings
carrier 3
a large warship that carries planes and has a long flat deck for takeoffs and landings
attack aircraft carrier 1
a large warship that carries planes and has a long flat deck for takeoffs and landings

Hyponym

escort aircraft carrier 1

noun

a small and slow type of aircraft carrier used by the Royal Navy, the Imperial Japanese Navy and Imperial Japanese Army Air Force, and the United States Navy in World War II.

light aircraft carrier 1

noun

an aircraft carrier that is smaller than the standard carriers of a navy, typically having a complement of aircraft only one-half to two-thirds the size of a full-sized fleet carrier.

fleet carrier 1

noun

an aircraft carrier designed to operate with the main fleet of a nation's navy.

helicopter carrier 1

noun

a type of aircraft carrier whose primary purpose is to operate helicopters.

Part_holonym

arrester 1

noun

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

flight deck 1

noun