rocket launcher
English
noun
Definitions
- A hand-held tube-like device for launching a rocket propelled explosive device (missile).
- A truck for carrying and launching a missile.
- (informal) A rack on a boat or a vehicle, for holding or storing fishing rods.
Etymology
Compound from English rocket + English launcher.
Origin
English
launcher
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Rocketshipper English
- antirocket English
- chemical rocket English
- hybrid rocket English
- launch English
- launcher English
- liquid rocket English
- retrorocket English
- rocket English
- rocket docket English
- rocketborne English
- rocketeer English
- rocketer English
- rocketless English
- rocketlike English
- rocketman English
- rocketpunk English
- rocketry English
- rocketship English
- rocketsonde English
- searocket English
- skyrocket English
- solid rocket English
- turborocket English
- wall rocket English
- rocchetta Italian
- roquette French
- ロケット Japanese
- राकेट Hindi
- रॉकेट Hindi
- roket Malay
- ראַקעט Yiddish
- roketi Swahili
- 로켓 Korean
- រ៉ុកកែត Central Khmer
- راکٹ Urdu