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| Date: | 1600-1700 |
| Language: | Italian |
| Origin: | rocchetta 'small stick used in spinning thread', from rocca 'stick used in spinning' |
Related topics:1TTS [countable] a vehicle used for travelling or carrying things into space, which is shaped like a big tube [↪ spacecraft]:
2PMW [countable] a weapon shaped like a big tube that is fired at things [↪ missile]: 
anti-tank rockets
anti-tank rockets3 [countable] a firework that goes high into the air before exploding into coloured lights
4 [uncountable] British English a plant with green leaves and a strong taste, eaten raw in salads [= arugula American English]
WORD FOCUS: space WORD FOCUS: space
vehicles used in space: spaceship, spacecraft, rocket, (space) shuttle, probe, satellite, space station
someone who travels in space: astronaut, cosmonaut Russian
parts of a rocket's journey: countdown, launch, blast-off/take-off/lift-off, leaving the earth's atmosphere, going into orbit, re-entering the earth's atmosphere, splashdown/touchdown
places and things in space: planet, moon, star, sun, satellite, solar system, constellation, galaxy, universe, the cosmos, black hole, quasar, comet, meteor, asteroid
the study of space: astronomyspace
➔ See also space
WORD FOCUS: space vehicles used in space: spaceship, spacecraft, rocket, (space) shuttle, probe, satellite, space station
someone who travels in space: astronaut, cosmonaut Russian
parts of a rocket's journey: countdown, launch, blast-off/take-off/lift-off, leaving the earth's atmosphere, going into orbit, re-entering the earth's atmosphere, splashdown/touchdown
places and things in space: planet, moon, star, sun, satellite, solar system, constellation, galaxy, universe, the cosmos, black hole, quasar, comet, meteor, asteroid
the study of space: astronomyspace
➔ See also space
