shuttlenoun [ C ]
uk/ˈʃʌt.əl/us/ˈʃʌt̬.əl/shuttle noun [ C ] (VEHICLE)
C1 a vehicle or aircraft that travels regularly between two places:
To get across town, you can take the shuttle from Times Square to Grand Central.
The American (space) shuttle was able to be used many times to put payloads in space.
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Space travel
- astronaut
- astronautics
- autopilot
- blast
- command module
- cosmonaut
- earthbound
- flyby
- heat shield
- launch pad
- moon buggy
- NASA
- retrorocket
- rocket
- rocket ship
- spacecraft
- spaceman
- touchdown
- tracking station
- UFO
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Buses, trams & coaches
Railways: trains & parts of trains
Air travel: fixed-wing aircraft & helicopters
shuttle noun [ C ] (THREAD)
specialized fabrics in weaving, a device that is used to carry the thread that goes across the cloth between the threads that go down the cloth
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Knitting & sewing
- appliqué
- backing
- baste
- bind
- bobbin
- bodkin
- cable stitch
- handknitted
- hem
- knit
- knitter
- knitting
- needle
- seamstress
- sew sth up
- sewing
- sewing machine
- shorten
- stitch
- tack
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shuttleverb [ I or T, usually + adv/prep ]
uk/ˈʃʌt.əl/us/ˈʃʌt̬.əl/to travel or take people regularly between the same two places:
A bus shuttles constantly between the terminal and the runways.
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Travelling
- backpacking
- bum around (somewhere)
- catch
- coach
- connect
- cover
- cruise
- destination
- gad about/around (somewhere)
- gallivant
- have sth, will travel idiom
- override
- ply
- road
- roam
- tootle
- tourist class
- travel
- travelled
- well travelled
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