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launch (2)

launch [ lawnch ] (plural launch·es)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. large motorboat: a large powerful motorboat

2. small motorboat on large ship: a small motorboat carried on a large ship

3. largest boat on old warship: the largest boat formerly carried by a man-of-war

[Late 17th century. < Spanish lancha "pinnace"]
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