launchpad
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4.8
- noun
- /ˈlɔːnʧpæd/
- Specialized
:
plataforma de lanzamiento
- The Falcon 9 rocket is ready on the launchpad for its night-time takeoff.
- explode on the launchpad
- rocket on a launchpad
- sits on the launchpad
The shuttle, the shuttle, the, the real shuttle is on the launchpad, one of them.
- The shuttle, the shuttle, the, the real shuttle is on the launchpad, one of them.
- Or two Bob from accounting gets blown up on the launchpad.
- And afterwards we're sitting in down in South Texas at the launchpad behind it and having drinks in their fire pit.
Examples
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There is now a launchpad and a small shack to watch the rocket from.
Fiction book (1999) -
The rocket sits on the launchpad; it's six feet long, sleek and shiny, and even has a special button on the firing panel for ignition.
Fiction book (1999) -
And, and I, when I went out to the launchpad for my lunch, my very first launch was a night launch.
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Now, on the launchpad itself, there is a toilet.
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The launchpad is on the other side of no man's land.
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Apollo 8 clearing the VAB and headed toward the launchpad.
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Engineers are making final checks at the launchpad before the rocket launch.
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The historic launchpad was used for the first human spaceflight in 1961.
Synonyms
107
7.2
A platform where rockets are launched into space
9
4.8
A place like an airport where rockets and spacecraft take off, land, and get fixed
9
3.5
A platform where rockets or spacecraft are launched into space
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4.4
A strong platform that rockets or spacecraft use to start their flight
1
9.9
A place where rockets and spacecraft are launched into space
1
4.0
A place where rockets or spaceships start their flight
1
5.4
A place with machines to send rockets or satellites into space
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Etymology
Launchpad comes from two simple parts: launch, which means 'to send up' or 'start', and pad, which means 'a flat place where something sits'. So a launchpad is the platform where a rocket sits before it is sent into the air or space.