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How to pronounce hovercraft in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms ground-effect machine
Type of craft

Examples of hovercraft

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It was soon discovered, however, that an older style of hovercraft was needed.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The Sea Breeze Fire Department brought along a hovercraft that the department owns.
From the democratandchronicle.com
Rudy Heeman has spent over a decade to create his perfect hovercraft machine.
From the theepochtimes.com
If the weather permits, there will be rides out onto the water on a hovercraft too.
From the guardian.co.uk
Instead, the vacuum cleaner floats on its exhaust, operating as a hovercraft.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Now it has to decide if it really wants to get into the hovercraft business.
From the businessweek.com
It also operated the new Forth Fast hovercraft service from Kirkcaldy to Portobello.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The hovercraft was used to demonstrate Pascal's Principle and Newton's Laws of Motion.
From the courier-journal.com
The 55-year-old Roller drives as smoothly on tarseal as a hovercraft does over water.
From the nzherald.co.nz
More examples
  • A craft capable of moving over water or land on a cushion of air created by jet engines
  • A hovercraft (air-cushion vehicle, ACV) is a craft capable of travelling over surfaces while supported by a cushion of slow moving, high-pressure air which is ejected against the surface below and contained within a "skirt." Although supported by air, a hovercraft is not considered an aircraft.
  • Hovercraft was an instrumental experimental rock group that formed in Seattle, Washington in 1993. It was co-founded by its core duo of guitarist/samplist/tape looper Ryan Shinn, and bassist Beth Liebling. ...
  • Hovercraft was a color vector arcade game by Cinematronics in 1983. The game was basically a futuristic 3D tank game but never reached the full production stage, and is often thought of as being a prototype only. ...
  • A vehicle supported on a cushion of air, able to traverse many different types of terrain and travel over water, used for transport
  • (Hovercrafts) or simply crafts, are the standard form for private transportation within SW City.
  • A ground vehicle that is supported by a cushion of air to reduce Friction. As well as traveling on the land, hovercraft can travel on the sea or swampy terrain.
  • A passenger vehicle that rides on a cushion of air, that's kept aloft by fans and driven forward by propellers; trademarked name for an air-cushioned vehicle (ACV).
  • A vessel used for the transportation of passengers and cargo riding on a cushion of air formed under it. It is very maneuverable and is also amphibious.