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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)