hovercraft

or Hov·er·craft

[ huhv-er-kraft, -krahft, hov- ]

noun,plural hov·er·craft.Chiefly British.

ACV.

Origin of hovercraft

hover + craft

Words Nearby hovercraft

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How to use hovercraft in a sentence

When the family was living in Hawaii, he cleaned up beaches after school, worked with volunteers to protect local turtles, and even built a hovercraft with a friend in the fifth grade that could scoop plastic out of the ocean.
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Both died in the third movie, Trinity in a hovercraft explosion and Neo by sacrificing himself in a fight to defeat Agent Smith.
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You could imagine a hovercraft into which you can pee or poop.
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Isobel went off to make coffee in the portable galley in the rear of the second hovercraft.
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In short, no matter what Haer's past record, choose what was going to be the winning side—Continental hovercraft.
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hovercraft wouldn't stand for it, and the Category Military Department would back them.
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He had half a mind to give it all up, here and now, and head on up to Catskill to enlist with Continental hovercraft.
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The hovercraft forces are screening everything they do with heavy cavalry units.
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British Dictionary definitions for hovercraft

hovercraft

/ (ˈhɒvəˌkrɑːft) /

noun

a vehicle that is able to travel across both land and water on a cushion of air. The cushion is produced by a fan continuously forcing air under the vehicle

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