aircraft B2 Topic:Transportation US /ˈɛɚ.kɹæft/ UK /ˈɛə.kɹɑːft/ See IPA manual Freq #4736 Meanings 1 noun A vehicle that can fly, such as a plane or helicopter. Several light aircraft were parked at the small airfield. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a vehicle that can fly,... flying machine Word family Forms aircrafts Common collocations amphibious aircraft Adjective + noun Etymology AI details From air + -craft. Topics Transportation External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # aircraft **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈɛɚ.kɹæft/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈɛə.kɹɑːft/ **Frequency rank:** 4736 ## Meanings 1. A vehicle that can fly, such as a plane or helicopter. ## Examples - Several light aircraft were parked at the small airfield. ## Etymology From air + -craft. ## AI Etymology Aircraft is from air plus -craft. The formation is semantically transparent: the parts remain visible, while the compound or affix fixes the grammatical role and narrows the modern meaning. In use as a noun, aircraft denotes a vehicle that can fly, such as a plane or helicopter. Typical contexts include “Several light aircraft were parked at the small airfield”. The meaning stays close to the form: it applies the etymological material to a vehicle that can fly, such as a plane or helicopter, keeping the visible parts legible in ordinary use. ## Topics - Transportation markdown