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Word: Cockpit
Speech Type: Noun
late 16th century (in cockpit (sense 2)): from cock+ pit. cockpit (sense 1) dates from the early 20th century and derives from an early 18th-century nautical term denoting an area in the aft lower deck of a man-of-war where the wounded were taken, later coming to mean ‘the ‘pit’ or well from which a yacht is steered’; hence the place housing the controls of other vehicles
ˈkɒkpɪt
a compartment for the pilot, and sometimes also the crew, in an aircraft or spacecraft.
Short Definition:compartment for pilot in aircraft or spacecraft
a place where cockfights are held.
Short Definition:place where cockfights are held
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