• a b
  • Log In
  • Home
  • Vocabulary
  • Writing
  • Mobile apps
  • Help
  • ©2017 EdictFree.
    All Rights Reserved.
Vocabulary
  • Topic
Help
  • Contact Us
  • Privacy policy
Mobile apps
  • Android
  • Ios
Bright
  • Home
  • Vocabulary
    • Topic
  • Writing

Free Online Dictionary

The home of living English, with more than 820,000 words, meanings and phrases
All Properties select
District 1 District 2 District 7 More

Longman Dictionary English

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Related topics: Water, Motor vehicles, Other sports
cockpitcock‧pit /ˈkɒkˌpɪt $ ˈkɑːk-/ noun [countable] 1 ldoce_262.png TTWTTCthe area in a plane, small boat, or racing car where the pilot or driver sits2 DSOa small enclosed area where cock fights took place in the past
Examples from the Corpus
cockpit• The two pilots sat side-by-side in an enclosed cockpit, with a gangway between the seats and full dual control provided.• Authorities have said the plane was overloaded and that Reid was apparently at the cockpit controls.• We spent an hour each day in the cockpit and three or four hours in the bleachers watching our classmates.• Not long before the race started, a fuel leak developed in the cockpit.• He shouted at the men in the cockpit to make fast the rope that led to his neck.• I was pinned in the cockpit in freezing temperatures for three days, unable to move.• Later that afternoon Joe came back to the cockpit, looking worried.
ldoceonline.com
Word of day

May 09, 2025

pencil
noun ˈpensl
Ad
Mobile apps

Browse our dictionary apps today and ensure you are never again lost for words.

Follow
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
Find Out More
  • Contact us
  • Privacy policy
Copyright EdictFree.Com All Rights Reserved.
Design by EdictFree
Copyright EdictFree.Com All Rights Reserved.
Design by EdictFree