rocket
A cylindrical projectile that can be fired to a great height through combustion, specifically a type of firework of this form, typically exploding with light and colour; a skyrocket.
Other meanings
A blunt lance head used in jousting.
A long vehicle or craft propelled by a rocket engine; a missile or rocket-propelled spacecraft.
A kind of
- vehicle
Kinds of rocket
- missile
- test rocket
Example sentences
Word history
From Italian "rocchetta".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “rocket” 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.