aircraft

«aircraft» in Mova's school dictionary: Any machine that flies in the air, such as an aeroplane… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (an aircraft, aircraft)

meaning for a pupil

1) Any machine that flies in the air, such as an aeroplane, helicopter, glider or airship. tree →

2) (in phrases) aircraft carrier: a huge ship that aeroplanes can take off from and land on. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science and transport lessons it covers all flying machines. In maths problems aircraft carry passengers, fly distances and use fuel. In safety, passengers follow aircraft rules about seat belts. Phrases: on board the aircraft, aircraft carrier, military aircraft, light aircraft.

examples

• A helicopter is a kind of aircraft. tree →
• The aircraft landed safely in the fog. tree →
• Three aircraft flew over the school. tree →
• The aircraft carries 180 passengers, so 3 flights carry 540. tree →
• Fasten your seat belt while the aircraft is moving. tree →
• An aircraft carrier is like a floating airport. tree →

note

Plural is the same: one aircraft, two aircraft (not "aircrafts"). It is a general word: all aeroplanes are aircraft, but not all aircraft are aeroplanes.

In the corpora

• Some nouns are the same in the plural: sheep, deer, moose, aircraft, and usually fish.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «aircraft» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.