Thesaurus: nacelle
a streamlined enclosure for an aircraft engine
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Definitions
- n. a streamlined enclosure for an aircraft engine
- 1. A small boat. [Obs.] 2. The basket suspended from a balloon; hence, the framework forming the body of a dirigible balloon, and containing the machinery, passengers, etc. 3. A boatlike, inclosed body of an aëroplane.
- n:100 n. a streamlined enclosure for an aircraft engine