| NOUN | artifact | rocket engine, rocket | a jet engine containing its own propellant and driven by reaction propulsion |
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| Meaning | A jet engine containing its own propellant and driven by reaction propulsion. | |
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| Synonym | rocket | |
| Part of | rocket, projectile | Any vehicle self-propelled by a rocket engine |
| Narrower | booster, booster rocket, booster unit, takeoff booster, takeoff rocket | The first stage / stage of a multistage rocket |
| nuclear rocket | A rocket engine in which a nuclear reactor is used to heat a propellant | |
| retrorocket | A small rocket engine on a larger / larger rocket or spacecraft that is fired to slow or alter its course | |
| space rocket | A rocket powerful enough to travel into outer space | |
| thruster | A small rocket engine that provides the thrust needed to maneuver a spacecraft | |
| Broader | jet engine | A gas turbine produces a stream of hot gas that propels a jet plane by reaction propulsion |
| Spanish | cohete, motor de cohete | |
| Catalan | coet, motor de coet | |
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