craft
- noun
- /kræft/
- The captain navigated the small craft through the rough waters of the bay.
- landing craft
- fishing craft
- small craft
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- Grush claimed, from cover ups to crafts to non human craniums was second hand.
- These are you know what, what the way they described it off world crafts not made from this Earth.
- Square serial shots hung from craft in the liberated desert out of Allied hangars.
- OK, I don't think you've ever seen a craft like this.
- There's a there's a a need there that if a craft denied a hold, it's craft.
Examples
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Dwarfed by the hulls, a flotilla of smaller fishing craft, returning from night fishing, accidentally witnesses this event.
Fiction book (1992) -
Tests on the model showed that the craft could not create enough lift to fly.
Academic text (2003) -
Set down the man gently and then land your craft.
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Well, a few minutes later, they looked and they saw the craft rise, ascend up to a few thousand feet.
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Yet this unprepossessing craft will be the most famous of all to make the voyage.
Fiction book (1991) -
At a pier on Sheepshead Bay, we claimed the small craft we had rented.
Fiction book (1992) -
Captain, there's a small craft off the starboard bow... that's trying to get our attention.
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Bobbing and twisting like a canoe in torrential rapids, the craft plunged dizzily, seemingly out of control.
Fiction book (1992) -
The rescue teams deployed various craft to help those stranded on the island.
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During the air show, many craft performed impressive aerial maneuvers to entertain the crowd.
Synonyms
A large boat that carries people or goods across the sea
A small vehicle used on water to carry people, like a rowboat or motorboat
A large boat or ship used for travel on water
A vehicle with a powerful engine that carries people or cargo into space
A large spacecraft that carries people between stars
A vehicle that travels in outer space
A vehicle that carries people between planets or stars, often in stories
A small vehicle that carries people and goods between a spaceship and a space station
A small boat that carries soldiers and equipment from ships to shore
A boat or ship used to catch fish, often with tanks to keep the fish alive
A small spacecraft that carries people in space and returns to Earth
A machine built to travel in outer space, like a spacecraft or satellite
A boat or ship that carries people and things on water
A ship that carries goods, often in containers
A boat with sails that uses wind to move
A small spacecraft that follows a curved path to carry people into space
A boat that people use to explore remote or unknown sea areas
Compounds
- Specialized
A small boat that carries soldiers and equipment from ships to shore
- Specialized
An aircraft that floats because it is lighter than the air, like a balloon or airship
A group of workers in the same skilled trade who join together to protect their rights
- Specialized
A machine like an airplane or helicopter that needs power to fly
How Complex
Surface Forms
Etymology
Craft (a vehicle) got its name from the idea of something made with skill, from the old English cræft meaning 'skill' or 'power'. That's why words like aircraft and spacecraft call a boat, plane, or ship a 'craft' — an object built to travel.