helicopter
noun
any of a class of heavier-than-air craft that are lifted and sustained in the air horizontally by rotating wings or blades turning on vertical axes through power supplied by an engine.
helicopters
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pluralof helicopter.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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present tense formof helicopter (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
helicopternounany of a class of heavier-than-air craft that are lifted and sustained in the air horizontally by rotating wings or blades turning on vertical axes through power supplied by an engine.
Example Sentences
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Multiple fixed-wing aircraft and water-dropping helicopters battled the blaze until sunset.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
Two Black Hawk helicopters and two rescue boats have been deployed.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
Taiwanese fighter jets and two Chinook helicopters carrying giant Taiwan flags flew over the capital ahead of Lai's wide-ranging speech, which also covered housing pressure and the declining population.
From Barron's ● Oct. 10, 2026
A swarm of five small drones was forced to turn back as three Black Hawk helicopters carrying senior Army officials flew into the same airspace, squandering a rare high-tech moment they had come to see.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026
That afternoon, the air became so crowded that several helicopters landed in the fields around Toutle High School at the same time.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
