crewnoun
uk/kruː/us/kruː/B1 [ C, + sing/pl verb ] a group of people who work together, especially all those who work on and operate a ship, aircraft, etc.:
an ambulance/lifeboat crew
a TV/film/camera crew
The aircraft has/carries a crew of seven.
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aircrew
[ C ] the people who work on a ship, aircraft, etc. who are not officers:
Apart from the ten officers, a crew of 90 takes care of the 300 passengers.
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- A Spanish crew member had been washed overboard in the storm.
- He is a member of our camera crew.
- Ambulance crews battled to rescue people trapped in the wreckage.
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Air travel: workers on/with aircraft & spacecraft
- air hostess
- air traffic control
- aircrew
- aviator
- baggage handler
- balloonist
- cabin crew
- co-pilot
- flight attendant
- ground crew
- navigator
- parachutist
- purser
- screener
- skipper
- sky marshal
- skycap
- spaceman
- steward
- test pilot
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People who work on boats & ships
Groups of people
crewverb [ I or T ]
uk/kruː/us/kruː/If you crew a boat, or crew for someone on their boat, you help to sail it.
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Sailing & boating
- bail
- bale
- becalmed
- cruise
- draft
- knot
- nautical
- navigable
- ocean-going
- passage
- pilot
- rafting
- roll
- sea legs
- seafaring
- seamanship
- shipboard
- tack
- whitewater rafting
- yachtswoman
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