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The rocket lifted off from the launch pad.
What does Rocket mean?
a device propelled by fast-moving gas, or to move very quickly.
Dictionary definition
A device or vehicle pushed forward by rapidly expelled gas; as a verb, rocket means to move or rise extremely quickly.
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Rocket in a sentence
medium
A rocket carries its fuel and pushes exhaust backward to move forward.
hard
The small spacecraft rocketed away after its engine fired.
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Practice 1
What is a rocket?
A rocket creates thrust by expelling gas rapidly in the opposite direction.
Practice 2
Which sentence uses rocket as a noun?
Here, rocket names the launch vehicle.
Practice 3
Which sentence uses rocket as a verb?
Here, rocket means to move extremely quickly.
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WordRocket.
Partnoun, verb.
MeaningRocket means a device propelled by fast-moving gas, or to move very quickly.
ExampleExample: The rocket lifted off from the launch pad.
Word breakdown
2 syllables. Say each part, then blend the word.
- Syllables
- rok · it
- Strongest beat
- rok
- Ending
- it
- Tip
- Put a little extra energy on rok.
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Synonyms
Words like Rocket
launch vehicleA close technical term for a rocket used to carry a payload away from Earth.
boosterA related, more specific rocket or rocket stage that provides extra thrust.
shoot upA close verb phrase when rocket means to rise very quickly.
Antonym review
Does Rocket have an opposite?
Rocket has device, vehicle, and rapid-movement senses but no direct general antonym. Landing craft and stationary object name different things, not opposites.
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Word family
Rocket word family
Base word
rocket
noun
rockets
More than one rocket; it can also mean moves very quickly.
verb
rocketed
Moved or rose very quickly in the past.
verb
rocketing
Moving or rising very quickly.
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Hint for students
A rocket pushes gas backward very quickly, and the rocket moves in the opposite direction.
Common mix-up
A rocket is not automatically a spacecraft. A rocket provides propulsion; a spacecraft is the vehicle or payload designed to operate in space.
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Use an inflated balloon to model propulsion. Release it, observe the air moving one way and the balloon moving the other, then have students label gas, direction, and thrust and connect the model to a rocket.
Teacher prompt
How can a rocket move in space where there is no air to push against? Use gas, exhaust, thrust, and opposite direction in your answer.
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