Explore Shuttle through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like shuttlecock or move. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
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Shuttle meaning
- A tool used to carry the woof back and forth between the warp threads on a loom.
- The sliding thread holder in a sewing machine, which carries the lower thread through a loop of the upper thread, to make a lock stitch.
- A transport service (such as a bus or train) that goes back and forth between two or more places.
Synonyms of Shuttle
Using Shuttle
- The main meaning on this page is: A tool used to carry the woof back and forth between the warp threads on a loom. | The sliding thread holder in a sewing machine, which carries the lower thread through a loop of the upper thread, to make a lock stitch. | A transport service (such as a bus or train) that goes back and forth between two or more places.
- Useful related words include: shuttlecock, move, go, travel.
- In the example corpus, shuttle often appears in combinations such as: space shuttle, the shuttle, shuttle bus.
Context around Shuttle
- Average sentence length in these examples: 29.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 11 start, 8 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Shuttle
- In this selection, "shuttle" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 29.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, space, yard, quad, orbiter, kiln and drawing stand out and add context to how "shuttle" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 15 yard shuttle and a, 60 yard shuttle and space shuttle. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "shuttle" sits close to words such as simpson, mortality and necessity, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with shuttle
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
There is also local service provided by the Richmond Circular Shuttle in addition to the Point Pinole Shuttle and Kaiser Shuttle. (21 words)
After launch by Space Shuttle Discovery in 1990, four subsequent Space Shuttle missions repaired, upgraded, and replaced systems on the telescope. (21 words)
Specifications main Space Shuttle orbiter illustration Space Shuttle drawing Space Shuttle wing cutaway Space Shuttle Orbiter and Soyuz-TM (drawn to scale). (22 words)
A total of 156 individuals flew with Space Shuttle Atlantis over the course of its 33 missions. citation Because the shuttle sometimes flew crew members arriving and departing Mir and the ISS, not all of them launched and landed on Atlantis. (41 words)
A 1980 pinball machine Space Shuttle was produced by Zaccaria and a 1984 pinball machine Space Shuttle: Pinball Adventure was produced by Williams and features a plastic Space Shuttle model among other artwork of astronauts on the play field. (39 words)
Colonel Eileen Collins, a member of the Irish America Hall of Fame and career U.S. Air Force officer, was the first woman to pilot a space shuttle and the first female commander of a space shuttle mission. (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
Specifications main Space Shuttle orbiter illustration Space Shuttle drawing Space Shuttle wing cutaway Space Shuttle Orbiter and Soyuz-TM (drawn to scale).
The trolley service covers the routes previously operated by the shuttle system, including the Quad Shuttle, the Warehouse Express, the Euclid Shuttle and the Late Night Orange Express.
A 1980 pinball machine Space Shuttle was produced by Zaccaria and a 1984 pinball machine Space Shuttle: Pinball Adventure was produced by Williams and features a plastic Space Shuttle model among other artwork of astronauts on the play field.
Space shuttle countdown Firing Room 1 configured for space shuttle launches Simulation is used at Kennedy Space Center (KSC) to train and certify Space Shuttle engineers during simulated launch countdown operations.
There is also local service provided by the Richmond Circular Shuttle in addition to the Point Pinole Shuttle and Kaiser Shuttle.
The shuttle will operate from 9:30 am to 2:30 pm and display City Council Shuttle on its electronic destination sign to make it easy for riders to identify.
The team then went straight into some shuttle sprints, building up fitness and endurance, with each player having to cover each shuttle within ten seconds before catching their breath and going again.
During the ceremony the giants attack, Spock is rescued from near-death and launches the shuttle in a hail-mary pass that gets them beamed back aboard the Enterprise before the Shuttle is destroyed.
Colonel Eileen Collins, a member of the Irish America Hall of Fame and career U.S. Air Force officer, was the first woman to pilot a space shuttle and the first female commander of a space shuttle mission.
From there they went to the Indoor Practice Facility and ran the 40-yard dash, plus did a three cone test, a 15-yard shuttle and a 60-yard shuttle.
The new Marshall director previously worked for the Space Shuttle Program for 25 years, administering the production and performance of the shuttle’s propulsion elements.
The tariff for the Non-AC shuttle buses has been fixed at Rs 15 per person and for AC-shuttle at Rs 30 per person.
After launch by Space Shuttle Discovery in 1990, four subsequent Space Shuttle missions repaired, upgraded, and replaced systems on the telescope.
Aft view showing a Progress spacecraft docked to Zvezda The expansion schedule was interrupted by the Space Shuttle 102 disaster in 2003, with the resulting two year hiatus in the Space Shuttle programme halting station assembly.
Almost all of the cost of operating the Shuttle is for the payroll for the army of workers needed to refurbish the Shuttle after it has landed.
A Shuttle Kiln derives its name from the fact that kiln cars can enter a shuttle kiln from either end of the kiln for processing, whereas a tunnel kiln has flow in only one direction.
A single weaver had control of this motion but the flying shuttle could weave much wider fabric than an arm’s length at much greater speeds than had been achieved with the hand thrown shuttle.
Atlantis is the lightest shuttle of the remaining fleet, weighing three pounds less than the Space Shuttle Endeavour (with the three main engines).
A total of 156 individuals flew with Space Shuttle Atlantis over the course of its 33 missions. citation Because the shuttle sometimes flew crew members arriving and departing Mir and the ISS, not all of them launched and landed on Atlantis.
Comparison with the Shuttle The high cost per launch of the Space Shuttle sparked interest throughout the 1980s in designing a cheaper successor vehicle.
Phrases with shuttle
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Common combinations with shuttle
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: