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cock·pit  (kkpt)
n.
1.
a. The space in the fuselage of a small airplane containing seats for the pilot, copilot, and sometimes passengers.
b. The space set apart for the pilot and crew, as in a helicopter, large airliner, or transport aircraft.
2. The driver's compartment in a racing car.
3. A pit or enclosed area for cockfights.
4. A place where many battles have been fought.
5. Nautical
a. A compartment in an old warship below the water line, used as quarters for junior officers and as a station for the wounded during a battle.
b. An area in a small decked vessel toward the stern, lower than the rest of the deck, from which the vessel is steered.

cockpit
Noun
1. the compartment in an aircraft for the pilot and crew
2. the driver's compartment in a racing car
3. Naut a space in a small vessel containing the wheel and tiller
4. the site of many battles or conflicts: the south of the country is a cockpit of conflicting interests
5. an enclosure used for cockfights
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.cockpitcockpit - compartment where the pilot sits while flying the aircraft
aircraft - a vehicle that can fly
canopy - the transparent covering of an aircraft cockpit
compartment - a partitioned section, chamber, or separate room within a larger enclosed area
ejection seat, ejector seat, capsule - a pilot's seat in an airplane that can be forcibly ejected in the case of an emergency; then the pilot descends by parachute
2.cockpit - a pit for cockfights
pit - an enclosure in which animals are made to fight
3.cockpit - seat where the driver sits while driving a racing car
auto racing, car racing - the sport of racing automobiles
race car, racing car, racer - a fast car that competes in races
seat - any support where you can sit (especially the part of a chair or bench etc. on which you sit); "he dusted off the seat before sitting down"
Translations
cockpit [ˈkɔkpɪt] n (in aircraft) → cabina

cockpit [ˈkɔkpɪt] n (in aircraft) → poste m de pilotage, cockpit m

cockpit [ˈkɔkpɪt] nCockpit nt

cockpit [ˈkɔkpɪt] nabitacolo

cockpit
n cockpit [ˈkokpit]
a compartment in which the pilot of an aeroplane, driver of a racing-car etc sits He climbed into the cockpit and drove off. stuurkajuit حُجَيْرَةُ الطَّيّار кабина (на пилот) kabina pilota cockpit; førerkabine das Cockpit θάλαμος (πιλότου κτλ.) cabina juhiruum, kokpit کابین ohjaamo cockpit תָּא הַטַייָס वायुयान में चालक स्थान pilotska kabina, kabina trkaćih kola pilótafülke kokpit stjórnklefi abitacolo, cabina 操縦室 조종실 kabina kabīne (pilota, sacīkšu autovadītāja) kokpit cockpit cockpit, førerkabin kabina cabina carlingă кабина kokpit, kabína pilota pilotska kabina kabina cockpit, förarkabin, sittbrunn ที่นั่งคนขับ pilot yeri 駕駛員座艙 кабіна пілота جہاز میں پائلٹ کا کمرہ khoang lái


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The water still poured in, and perforce we doubled up in the cockpit and tossed it out again.
Simultaneously Lieutenant Harold Percy Smith-Oldwick vaulted nimbly out of the cockpit on the opposite side of his plane, calling to the girl to follow his example.
He locked with Nelson in the cockpit of the Reindeer, and in the mix-up barely escaped being brained by an iron bar wielded by irate French Frank--irate because a two-handed man had attacked a one- handed man.
 
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