LIGHTER-THAN-AIR CRAFT

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Aircraft supported by its own buoyancy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("lighter-than-air craft" is a kind of...):

aircraft (a vehicle that can fly)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lighter-than-air craft"):

airship; dirigible (a steerable self-propelled aircraft)

balloon (large tough nonrigid bag filled with gas or heated air)

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