A hovercraft is a vehicle that can travel across land and water. It floats above the land or water on a cushion of air.
These hovercraft can easily outpace most boats.
The expedition made the journey to its source by hovercraft.
hovercraft in British English
(ˈhɒvəˌkrɑːft)
noun
a vehicle that is able to travel across both land and water on a cushion of air. The cushion is produced by a fan continuously forcing air under the vehicle
hovercraft in American English
(ˈhʌvərˌkræft)
noun
a vehicle which travels across land or water just above a cushion of air provided by a downward jet, as from its engines and propellers
Word origin
hover + aircraft
Examples of 'hovercraft' in a sentence
hovercraft
Just a hovercraft out of Dover that crossed behind us heading for France.
Terman, Douglas CORMORANT
They are giant surface-skimmers, huge hovercraft built on the Caspian Sea by the Russians.
Shah, Idries KARA KUSH
In other languages
hovercraft
British English: hovercraft /ˈhɒvəˌkrɑːft/ NOUN
A hovercraft is a vehicle that can travel across land and water. It floats above the land or water on a cushion of air.
Travelling at speeds of up to thirty five knots, these hovercraft can easily outpace most boats.
American English: hovercraft
Arabic: حَوَّامَةٌ
Brazilian Portuguese: aerobarco
Chinese: 气垫船
Croatian: zračni gliser
Czech: vznášedlo
Danish: luftpudefartøj
Dutch: hovercraft
European Spanish: aerodeslizador
Finnish: ilmatyynyalus
French: aéroglisseur
German: Luftkissenboot
Greek: χόβερκραφτ
Italian: hovercraft
Japanese: ホバークラフト
Korean: 호버크라프트
Norwegian: luftputefartøy
Polish: poduszkowiec
European Portuguese: hovercraft
Romanian: vehicul pe pernă de aer
Russian: судно на воздушной подушке
Latin American Spanish: aerodeslizador
Swedish: svävare
Thai: เรือสะเทินน้ำสะเทินบก
Turkish: hoverkraft
Ukrainian: транспортний засіб на повітряній подушці