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Noun rocket has 5 senses
- rocket - any vehicle propelled by a rocket engine
--1 is a kind of vehicle
--1 has parts: rocket, rocket engine
--1 has particulars: missile; test rocket, research rocket, test instrument vehicle
- rocket, rocket engine - a jet engine containing its own propellant and driven by reaction propulsion
--2 is a kind of jet engine
--2 is a part of rocket
--2 has particulars:
- rocket, roquette, garden rocket, rocket salad, arugula, Eruca sativa, Eruca vesicaria sativa - erect European annual often grown as a salad crop to be harvested when young and tender
--3 is a kind of herb, herbaceous plant
--3 is a member of Eruca, genus Eruca
- rocket, skyrocket - propels bright light high in the sky, or used to propel a lifesaving line or harpoon
--4 is a kind of visual signal
- skyrocket, rocket - sends a firework display high into the sky
--5 is a kind of firework, pyrotechnic
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