"rocket launcher" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: rocket launchers [plural]
Etymology: rocket + launcher Etymology templates: {{compound|en|rocket|launcher}} rocket + launcher Head templates: {{en-noun}} rocket launcher (plural rocket launchers)
  1. A hand-held tube-like device for launching a rocket-propelled explosive device (a missile). Categories (topical): Rocketry, Weapons Synonyms: rocket-launcher Derived forms: multiple rocket launcher Translations (device for launching a missile): llançamíssils [masculine] (Catalan), 火箭筒 (huǒjiàntǒng) (Chinese Mandarin), raketomet [masculine] (Czech), raketkaster (Danish), sinko (Finnish), lance-roquettes [masculine] (French), Raketenwerfer [masculine] (German), Raketenabschussgerät [neuter] (German), ρουκετοβόλο (rouketovólo) [masculine] (Greek), rakétavető (Hungarian), teilgeoir roicéad [masculine] (Irish), lanciarazzi [masculine] (Italian), ロケット発射器 (roketto-hasshaki) (Japanese), ロケットランチャー (rokettoranchā) (Japanese), ロケラン (rokeran) (Japanese), pelancar roket (Malay), пуужин харвагч (puužin xarvagč) (Mongolian), wyrzutnia rakietowa [feminine] (Polish), lançador de foguetes/foguete [masculine] (Portuguese), lansator de rachete [neuter] (Romanian), раке́тная устано́вка (rakétnaja ustanóvka) [feminine] (Russian), реакти́вный гранатомёт (reaktívnyj granatomjót) [masculine] (Russian), реакти́вная систе́ма за́лпового огня́ (reaktívnaja sistéma zálpovovo ognjá) [feminine] (Russian), ракетомёт (raketomjót) [masculine] (Russian), raketomet [masculine] (Slovak), lanzamisiles [masculine] (Spanish), raketgevär [neuter] (Swedish), раке́тна устано́вка (rakétna ustanóvka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), реакти́вний гранатоме́т (reaktývnyj hranatomét) [masculine] (Ukrainian), реактив́на систе́ма за́лпового вогню́ (reaktyv́na systéma zálpovoho vohnjú) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-rocket_launcher-en-noun-0~FLuGBw Disambiguation of Rocketry: 55 25 19 Disambiguation of Weapons: 48 34 18 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 3 46 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 66 4 30 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 61 3 35 Disambiguation of 'device for launching a missile': 60 38 2
  2. A truck for carrying and launching a missile.
    Sense id: en-rocket_launcher-en-noun-PP5tudC2
  3. (informal) A rack on a boat or a vehicle, for holding or storing fishing rods. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-rocket_launcher-en-noun-NsT1DcUM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 3 46

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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "реактив́на систе́ма за́лпового вогню́"
    }
  ],
  "word": "rocket launcher"
}

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