See lightning carrier in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
Download JSON data for lightning carrier meaning in English (3.2kB)
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "lightning",
"3": "aircraft carrier"
},
"expansion": "Blend of lightning + aircraft carrier",
"name": "blend"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "jump jet"
},
"expansion": "jump jet",
"name": "l"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "lightning bolt"
},
"expansion": "lightning bolt",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "lightning"
},
"expansion": "lightning",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Blend of lightning + aircraft carrier. From the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II, the Lightning II jump jet, itself named after WWII Lockheed P-38 Lightning I, in turn, named after the lightning bolt and lightning.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "lightning carriers",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "lightning carrier (plural lightning carriers)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English blends",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Aviation",
"orig": "en:Aviation",
"parents": [
"Aeronautics",
"Transport",
"Sciences",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Military",
"orig": "en:Military",
"parents": [
"Society",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Nautical",
"orig": "en:Nautical",
"parents": [
"Transport",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"coordinate_terms": [
{
"word": "amphibious assault ship"
},
{
"alt": "AHD",
"word": "amphibious helicopter dock"
},
{
"word": "ancillary carrier"
},
{
"word": "ASW carrier"
},
{
"word": "auxiliary carrier"
},
{
"word": "aviation cruiser"
},
{
"word": "commando carrier"
},
{
"word": "escort carrier"
},
{
"word": "helicopter carrier"
},
{
"alt": "LHA",
"word": "landing helicopter assault"
},
{
"alt": "LHD",
"word": "landing helicopter dock"
},
{
"word": "light carrier"
},
{
"word": "sea control ship"
},
{
"word": "ski-jump carrier"
},
{
"word": "STOL carrier"
},
{
"word": "VSTOL carrier"
},
{
"word": "VTOL carrier"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A small light fast aircraft carrier specialized in operating VTOL aircraft, used for controlling sea lanes, convoy escort, and, anti-submarine patrol (ASW)"
],
"id": "en-lightning_carrier-en-noun-PCGiQcoj",
"links": [
[
"nautical",
"nautical"
],
[
"military",
"military"
],
[
"aviation",
"aviation"
],
[
"aircraft carrier",
"aircraft carrier#English"
],
[
"VTOL",
"VTOL#English"
],
[
"ASW",
"ASW#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(nautical, military, aviation, slang) A small light fast aircraft carrier specialized in operating VTOL aircraft, used for controlling sea lanes, convoy escort, and, anti-submarine patrol (ASW)"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "harrier carrier"
},
{
"word": "Lightning carrier"
},
{
"word": "Lightning Carrier"
}
],
"tags": [
"slang"
],
"topics": [
"aeronautics",
"aerospace",
"aviation",
"business",
"engineering",
"government",
"military",
"natural-sciences",
"nautical",
"physical-sciences",
"politics",
"transport",
"war"
],
"wikipedia": [
"en:Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II",
"en:Lockheed P-38 Lightning"
]
}
],
"word": "lightning carrier"
}
{
"coordinate_terms": [
{
"word": "amphibious assault ship"
},
{
"alt": "AHD",
"word": "amphibious helicopter dock"
},
{
"word": "ancillary carrier"
},
{
"word": "ASW carrier"
},
{
"word": "auxiliary carrier"
},
{
"word": "aviation cruiser"
},
{
"word": "commando carrier"
},
{
"word": "escort carrier"
},
{
"word": "helicopter carrier"
},
{
"alt": "LHA",
"word": "landing helicopter assault"
},
{
"alt": "LHD",
"word": "landing helicopter dock"
},
{
"word": "light carrier"
},
{
"word": "sea control ship"
},
{
"word": "ski-jump carrier"
},
{
"word": "STOL carrier"
},
{
"word": "VSTOL carrier"
},
{
"word": "VTOL carrier"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "lightning",
"3": "aircraft carrier"
},
"expansion": "Blend of lightning + aircraft carrier",
"name": "blend"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "jump jet"
},
"expansion": "jump jet",
"name": "l"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "lightning bolt"
},
"expansion": "lightning bolt",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "lightning"
},
"expansion": "lightning",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Blend of lightning + aircraft carrier. From the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II, the Lightning II jump jet, itself named after WWII Lockheed P-38 Lightning I, in turn, named after the lightning bolt and lightning.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "lightning carriers",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "lightning carrier (plural lightning carriers)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English blends",
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English multiword terms",
"English nouns",
"English slang",
"en:Aviation",
"en:Military",
"en:Nautical"
],
"glosses": [
"A small light fast aircraft carrier specialized in operating VTOL aircraft, used for controlling sea lanes, convoy escort, and, anti-submarine patrol (ASW)"
],
"links": [
[
"nautical",
"nautical"
],
[
"military",
"military"
],
[
"aviation",
"aviation"
],
[
"aircraft carrier",
"aircraft carrier#English"
],
[
"VTOL",
"VTOL#English"
],
[
"ASW",
"ASW#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(nautical, military, aviation, slang) A small light fast aircraft carrier specialized in operating VTOL aircraft, used for controlling sea lanes, convoy escort, and, anti-submarine patrol (ASW)"
],
"tags": [
"slang"
],
"topics": [
"aeronautics",
"aerospace",
"aviation",
"business",
"engineering",
"government",
"military",
"natural-sciences",
"nautical",
"physical-sciences",
"politics",
"transport",
"war"
],
"wikipedia": [
"en:Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II",
"en:Lockheed P-38 Lightning"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "harrier carrier"
},
{
"word": "Lightning carrier"
},
{
"word": "Lightning Carrier"
}
],
"word": "lightning carrier"
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.