fusée — meaning in English
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English meaning
- rocket noun A vehicle or projectile driven by expelling burning gas, used to launch spacecraft, missiles, or fireworks.
Senses
fusée is used for these senses in English:
- fusil (heraldiccharge) A bearing of a rhomboidal figure, originally representing a spindle in shape, longer than a heraldic lozenge.
- rocket An engine operating similarly to the pyrotechnic, generating thrust by the expulsion of hot gases; a rocket engine. [from 20th c.]
- rocket A long vehicle or craft propelled by a rocket engine; a missile or rocket-propelled spacecraft. [from 20th c.]
rocket — full definition
- noun A vehicle or projectile driven by expelling burning gas, used to launch spacecraft, missiles, or fireworks.
- verb To rise, increase, or move very quickly and suddenly.
- noun (UK) A peppery salad leaf, known as arugula in American English.