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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈlɔːntʃ.pæd/ [UK], /ˈlɑntʃ.pæd/ [US], /ˈlɔntʃ.pæd/ [US] Forms: launch pads [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} launch pad (plural launch pads)
  1. The surface or structure from which a launch is made. Categories (topical): Astronautics, Rocketry Synonyms: launchpad Related terms: launch, launch center, launch centre, launch complex, launcher, launch site, launch vehicle, pad Translations (the surface from which a launch is made): plataforma de llançament [feminine] (Catalan), 發射臺 /发射台 (fāshètái) (Chinese Mandarin), 發射站 /发射站 (fāshèzhàn) (Chinese Mandarin), affyringsrampe [common-gender] (Danish), afskydningsrampe [common-gender] (Danish), laukaisualusta (Finnish), aire de lancement [feminine] (French), rampe de lancement [feminine] (French), გამშვები ბაქანი (gamšvebi bakani) (Georgian), სასტარტო მოედანი (sasṭarṭo moedani) (Georgian), გამშვები პლატფორმა (gamšvebi ṗlaṭporma) (Georgian), სასტარტო პლატფორმა (sasṭarṭo ṗlaṭporma) (Georgian), გამშვები მოედანი (gamšvebi moedani) (Georgian), სასტარტო ბაქანი (sasṭarṭo bakani) (Georgian), Startrampe [feminine] (German), Abschussrampe [feminine] (German), rakétaindító állvány (Hungarian), indítóállvány (Hungarian), indítóállás (Hungarian), kilövőplatform (Hungarian), kilövőállás (Hungarian), rakétaindító (Hungarian), rakétakilövő (Hungarian), landasan peluncuran (Indonesian), ceap lainseála [masculine] (Irish), ionad lainseála [masculine] (Irish), piattaforma di lancio [feminine] (Italian), rampa di lancio [feminine] (Italian), 発射台 (hasshadai) (alt: はっしゃだい) (Japanese), 발사대 (balsadae) (alt: 發射臺) (Korean), wyrzutnia rakietowa [feminine] (Polish), rampă de lansare [feminine] (Romanian), ста́ртовая площа́дка (stártovaja ploščádka) [feminine] (Russian), ста́ртовая платфо́рма (stártovaja platfórma) [feminine] (Russian), пусково́й стол (puskovój stol) [masculine] (Russian), plataforma de lanzamiento [feminine] (Spanish), startramp [common-gender] (Swedish), startplatta [common-gender] (Swedish), bunsuran (Tagalog), แท่นปล่อยจรวด (Thai), ฐานปล่อยจรวด (Thai), fırlatma rampası (Turkish), ста́ртовий майда́нчик (stártovyj majdánčyk) [masculine] (Ukrainian), bệ phóng (Vietnamese), safle lansio [masculine] (Welsh)
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  2. (figuratively) A starting point. Tags: figuratively
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          "starting point",
          "starting point"
        ]
      ],
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        "(figuratively) A starting point."
      ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlɔːntʃ.pæd/",
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        "UK"
      ]
    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈlɑntʃ.pæd/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈlɔntʃ.pæd/",
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        "US"
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    "launch pad"
  ],
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}
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    "Terms with Danish translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with Georgian translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Indonesian translations",
    "Terms with Irish translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Korean translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Romanian translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations",
    "Terms with Tagalog translations",
    "Terms with Thai translations",
    "Terms with Turkish translations",
    "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
    "Terms with Vietnamese translations",
    "Terms with Welsh translations",
    "en:Astronautics",
    "en:Rocketry"
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      "word": "launch"
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    {
      "word": "launch center"
    },
    {
      "word": "launch centre"
    },
    {
      "word": "launch complex"
    },
    {
      "word": "launcher"
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      "word": "launch site"
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        "The surface or structure from which a launch is made."
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          "launch"
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          "ref": "2019 September 6, Jordan Weissman, “How Not to Fight Anti-Semitism”, in Slate:",
          "text": "Unfortunately, she has used the attack as a launch pad for a bizarre and undercooked exercise in rhetorical bothsidesism, in which she argues that American Jews should be just as worried about college students who overzealously criticize Israel as they are about the aspiring Einsatzgruppen who shoot up shuls.",
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        "A starting point."
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        "(figuratively) A starting point."
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      "ipa": "/ˈlɔːntʃ.pæd/",
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      "ipa": "/ˈlɑntʃ.pæd/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈlɔntʃ.pæd/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
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      "word": "launchpad"
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "the surface from which a launch is made",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "plataforma de llançament"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "fāshètái",
      "sense": "the surface from which a launch is made",
      "word": "發射臺 /发射台"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "fāshèzhàn",
      "sense": "the surface from which a launch is made",
      "word": "發射站 /发射站"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "the surface from which a launch is made",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "affyringsrampe"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "the surface from which a launch is made",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "afskydningsrampe"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "the surface from which a launch is made",
      "word": "laukaisualusta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "the surface from which a launch is made",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aire de lancement"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "the surface from which a launch is made",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "rampe de lancement"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "gamšvebi bakani",
      "sense": "the surface from which a launch is made",
      "word": "გამშვები ბაქანი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "sasṭarṭo moedani",
      "sense": "the surface from which a launch is made",
      "word": "სასტარტო მოედანი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "gamšvebi ṗlaṭporma",
      "sense": "the surface from which a launch is made",
      "word": "გამშვები პლატფორმა"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "sasṭarṭo ṗlaṭporma",
      "sense": "the surface from which a launch is made",
      "word": "სასტარტო პლატფორმა"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "gamšvebi moedani",
      "sense": "the surface from which a launch is made",
      "word": "გამშვები მოედანი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "sasṭarṭo bakani",
      "sense": "the surface from which a launch is made",
      "word": "სასტარტო ბაქანი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the surface from which a launch is made",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Startrampe"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the surface from which a launch is made",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Abschussrampe"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "the surface from which a launch is made",
      "word": "rakétaindító állvány"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "the surface from which a launch is made",
      "word": "indítóállvány"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "the surface from which a launch is made",
      "word": "indítóállás"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "the surface from which a launch is made",
      "word": "kilövőplatform"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "the surface from which a launch is made",
      "word": "kilövőállás"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "the surface from which a launch is made",
      "word": "rakétaindító"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "the surface from which a launch is made",
      "word": "rakétakilövő"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "the surface from which a launch is made",
      "word": "landasan peluncuran"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "the surface from which a launch is made",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ceap lainseála"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "the surface from which a launch is made",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ionad lainseála"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "the surface from which a launch is made",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "piattaforma di lancio"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "the surface from which a launch is made",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "rampa di lancio"
    },
    {
      "alt": "はっしゃだい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hasshadai",
      "sense": "the surface from which a launch is made",
      "word": "発射台"
    },
    {
      "alt": "發射臺",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "balsadae",
      "sense": "the surface from which a launch is made",
      "word": "발사대"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "the surface from which a launch is made",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "wyrzutnia rakietowa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "the surface from which a launch is made",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "rampă de lansare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "stártovaja ploščádka",
      "sense": "the surface from which a launch is made",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ста́ртовая площа́дка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "stártovaja platfórma",
      "sense": "the surface from which a launch is made",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ста́ртовая платфо́рма"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "puskovój stol",
      "sense": "the surface from which a launch is made",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "пусково́й стол"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the surface from which a launch is made",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "plataforma de lanzamiento"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "the surface from which a launch is made",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "startramp"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "the surface from which a launch is made",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "startplatta"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "the surface from which a launch is made",
      "word": "bunsuran"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "the surface from which a launch is made",
      "word": "แท่นปล่อยจรวด"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "the surface from which a launch is made",
      "word": "ฐานปล่อยจรวด"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "the surface from which a launch is made",
      "word": "fırlatma rampası"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "stártovyj majdánčyk",
      "sense": "the surface from which a launch is made",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ста́ртовий майда́нчик"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "the surface from which a launch is made",
      "word": "bệ phóng"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "the surface from which a launch is made",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "safle lansio"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "launch pad"
  ],
  "word": "launch pad"
}

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