Definition of Air-drop

1. Verb. Drop (an object) from the air; unload from a plane or helicopter.


Definition of Air-drop

1. Noun. A delivery of goods or equipment by dropping from an aircraft in flight. ¹

2. Verb. To deliver goods or equipment by dropping from an aircraft in flight. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Air-drop

air-brushed
air-brushes
air-brushing
air-con
air-condition
air-conditioned
air-conditioner
air-conditioner lung
air-conditioners
air-conditioning
air-conditions
air-cooled
air-cushion vehicle
air-cushion vehicles
air-dried
air-drop (current term)
air-drops
air-dry
air-filled
air-freight
air-freighted
air-freighting
air-freights
air-gap radiography
air-gap technique
air-guitar
air-guitared
air-guitaring
air-guitars
air-intake

Literary usage of Air-drop

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Report of the Congressional Committees Investigating the Iran/Contra Affair by Lee H. Hamilton, Daniel K. Inouye (1995)
"While the Enterprise conducted routine air drops in northern Nicaragua, it was not able to begin a regular air drop operation in the south until late summer ..."

2. Merrill's Marauders: February to May, 1944 by DIANE Publishing Company (1990)
"A sack of grain, falling from a supply plane during an air drop, had crashed into the unit's only long-range radio, putting it out of operation. ..."

3. Directory of Federal Laboratory and Technology Resources: A Guide to (1993)
"... including environmental simulation and water-impact zone for dynamic testing from aircraft; Air Drop Facility with free-fall capacity of 35000 Ibs and ..."

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