helicopter
An aircraft that is borne along by one or more sets of long rotating blades which allow it to hover, move in any direction including reverse, or land; and typically having a smaller set of blades on its tail to stabilize the aircraft.
Example
“We flew over the city in a helicopter.”
Other meanings
A powered troweling machine with spinning blades used to spread concrete.
The winged fruit of certain trees, such as ash, elm, and maple.
A kind of
- heavier-than-air craft
Kinds of helicopter
- cargo helicopter
- shuttle helicopter
- single-rotor helicopter
Related words
- antihelicopter
- Chinese helicopter
- copter
- free helicopter ride
- heli
- helichopper
- air ambulance helicopter
- helicopter bucket
- helicopter carrier
- helicopter drop
- helicopter ear
- helicopterful
Example sentences
Word history
From French "hélicoptère".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “helicopter” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.