'launcher' definitions:
Definition of 'launcher'
(from WordNet)
noun
Armament in the form of a device capable of launching a rocket [syn: launcher, rocket launcher]
noun
A device that launches aircraft from a warship [syn: catapult, launcher]
Definition of 'launcher'
From: GCIDE
- 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]