Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A place for helicopters to land and take off.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun an airport for helicopters.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun a facility, such as a small
airport , designed to lethelicopters take off and land
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an airport for helicopters
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Next to the heliport was a large, unheated freshwater swimming pool, and next to it a practice skeet range.
Going Home to Glory David Eisenhower 2010
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I immediately called our heliport, about five miles away at Ky Ha, where the operations clerk did a ramp check for the aircraft.
McKittrick, James C. 1990
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I immediately called our heliport, about five miles away at Ky Ha, where the operations clerk did a ramp check for the aircraft.
Lemmons, William E. 1990
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I immediately called our heliport, about five miles away at Ky Ha, where the operations clerk did a ramp check for the aircraft.
Guillory, Edward J. 1990
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Hayes described the installation's many ranges, training sites and very busy airfield - the heliport is the second largest in the nation, behind Fort Rucker's flight school - and made a pitch to entice the divisions to use the Gap training center.
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Hayes described the installation's many ranges, training sites and very busy airfield - the heliport is the second largest in the nation, behind Fort Rucker's flight school - and made a pitch to entice the divisions to use the Gap training center.
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Hayes described the installation's many ranges, training sites and very busy airfield - the heliport is the second largest in the nation, behind Fort Rucker's flight school - and made a pitch to entice the divisions to use the Gap training center.
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Hayes described the installation's many ranges, training sites and very busy airfield - the heliport is the second largest in the nation, behind Fort Rucker's flight school - and made a pitch to entice the divisions to use the Gap training center.
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The heliport is a great spot to sit and watch for birds passing by, which is what Juan Diaz and I did this afternoon, until we were interrupted by the arrival of the kingfisher.
NYT > Home Page By DOUGLAS STOTZ 2010
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It was first described as a "heliport," conveying the image of something like a helipad-perhaps the area of a soccer field-but has since grown steadily.
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