launcher

2 definitions found

launcher - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  launcher \launcher\ n.
     1. a device capable of launching a rocket.
  
     Syn: rocket launcher.
          [WordNet 1.5]
  
     2. A device which launches aircraft from an aircraft carrier;
        -- it provides additional velocity to the airplane, to
        supplement that from the airplane's engines, so that the
        airplane rapidly achieves a velocity sufficient to sustain
        it in flight when taking off.
  
     Syn: catapult.
          [WordNet 1.5]

launcher - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  launcher
      n 1: armament in the form of a device capable of launching a
           rocket [syn: launcher, rocket launcher]
      2: a device that launches aircraft from a warship [syn:
         catapult, launcher]