AIRCRAFT

aircraft

(noun) a vehicle that can fly

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

aircraft (plural aircraft)

A vehicle capable of atmospheric flight due to interaction with the air, such as buoyancy or lift

Usage notes

• The nonstandard plural form aircrafts is in use among non-native speakers of English.

Hyponyms

• See also aircraft

Source: Wiktionary


Air"craft`, n. sing. & pl.

Definition: Any device, as a balloon, aëroplane, etc., for floating in, or flying through, the air.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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