launching pad

2 definitions found

launching pad - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  launching pad
      n 1: a platform from which rockets or space craft are launched
           [syn: launching pad, launchpad, launch pad, launch area
           , pad]

launching pad - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  33 Moby Thesaurus words for "launching pad":
     Mark, balcony, bazooka, calliope, catafalque, dais, emplacement,
     estrade, floor, gallery, hedgehog, heliport, hustings, landing,
     landing pad, landing stage, launch pad, launching platform,
     launching tube, mousetrap, platform, podium, projector, pulpit,
     rostrum, silo, soapbox, stage, step terrace, stump, terrace,
     tribunal, tribune