launching pad

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

launching pad
    n 1: a platform from which rockets or space craft are launched
         [syn: {launching pad}, {launchpad}, {launch pad}, {launch
         area}, {pad}]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

33 Moby Thesaurus words for "launching pad":
      Mark, balcony, bazooka, calliope, catafalque, dais, emplacement,
      estrade, floor, gallery, hedgehog, heliport, hustings, landing,
      landing pad, landing stage, launch pad, launching platform,
      launching tube, mousetrap, platform, podium, projector, pulpit,
      rostrum, silo, soapbox, stage, step terrace, stump, terrace,
      tribunal, tribune