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noun
A facility, such as a small airport, designed to let helicopters take off and land.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: helidrome
Antonyms: none provided
noun
an airport for helicopters
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: airport, airdrome, aerodrome, drome
History
Blend of helicopter + port, by analogy to airport.
Across languages
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
