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a reusable rocket-powered spacecraft resembling a winged aircraft, which lands like a conventional aircraft or glider; cf. shuttle, n.1 8c.
A space rocket with wings enabling it to land like an aircraft and be used repeatedly. Cf. space shuttle n. at space, n.1 compounds 4.