Definition of HELIPAD
- ️Thu Feb 27 2025
Examples of helipad in a Sentence
The building has a helipad on its roof.
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Delivered by Lürssen in 2003, a second helipad was added during a 2008 refit.
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Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 16 Jan. 2025
That money went to local infrastructure improvements, including toward a water system and a helipad for medical evacuations, in addition to Perpetua sponsoring the community’s annual harmonica festival, for which it’s known.
—Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 5 Feb. 2025
Tel Aviv, Israel CNN — Carrying her small daughter, an Israeli mother stood amid a crowd of people next to the helipad of the Sheba Medical Center in Tel Aviv, which on Sunday received the three former hostages released in a ceasefire and hostage deal with Hamas.
—Nadeen Ebrahim and Mike Schwartz, CNN, 19 Jan. 2025
Its defining exterior feature is a blue helipad that doubles as a pickleball court.
—Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 17 Dec. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1960, in the meaning defined above
Time Traveler
The first known use of helipad was in 1960
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“Helipad.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/helipad. Accessed 28 Feb. 2025.
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