launchpad

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

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

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

launchpad \launchpad\ n. (Rocketry)
   a platform from which rockets or space craft are launched.

   Syn: launching pad, launch pad, launch area, pad.
        [WordNet 1.5]

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