astronaut
Use Astronaut in a sentence
Ads
Axe® Apollo Official Site www.axeapollo.com/ Find Out More From Buzz Aldrin About The New Axe Apollo® Contest!
Get The Dictionary.com Mobile App! www.dictionary.com/mobile Enjoy Exclusive Features like Voice Search! iPhone, Android, iPad, BlackBerry, Windows & More. Download Now!
trəˌnɔt, -ˌnɒt noun
a person engaged in or trained for spaceflight.
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2013.
Cite This Source
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2013.
Cite This Source
|
Link To astronaut
Collins
World English Dictionary
astronaut (ˈæstrəˌnɔːt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| See also cosmonaut a person trained for travelling in space | |
| [C20: from | |
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
00:10
Astronaut
is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
Etymonline
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
Cite This Source
Cite This Source
American Heritage
Cultural Dictionary
astronaut definition
A crew member of a space mission launched by the United States. (See Apollo program and Mercury program.)
The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
Cite This Source
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
Cite This Source
Example sentences
Since the dawn of the space era, astronaut fitness has been a large component of who gets chosen to fly into space.
During his training as an astronaut he had made light of the physical and psychological tests that spacemen had to endure.
Imagine an astronaut in a spaceship with no windows, and no other way to peer at the outside world.
As the eons go by, the astronaut then witnesses his corner of the universe evolve.
Images for astronaut
Matching Quote
Nearby Words
Copyright © 2013 Dictionary.com, LLC. All rights reserved.
