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# cockpit

noun (a cockpit, cockpits)

«cockpit» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. The front part of an aeroplane, where the pilot sits and flies it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cockpit/#m1)
2. The small space where the driver sits in a racing car, or the steering area of a small boat or spaceship. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cockpit/#m2)
3. (old) A pit or ring where cockfights were held. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cockpit/#m3)

### In the lessons

In technology and transport lessons the cockpit is full of controls and screens; on airliners the pilot and co-pilot sit there and the door is locked for safety. In stories set in planes, racing cars or spaceships, the cockpit is where the action is. Phrases: in the cockpit, cockpit door, cockpit controls.

### Examples

- The pilot waved from the cockpit. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cockpit/#x1)
- We were allowed to visit the cockpit after landing. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cockpit/#x2)
- The racing driver climbed into the cockpit. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cockpit/#x3)
- The cockpit had hundreds of buttons and switches. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cockpit/#x4)
- The astronaut checked the controls in the cockpit. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cockpit/#x5)
- The cockpit door is locked during the flight. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cockpit/#x6)

### Note

Countable: a cockpit, cockpits. One word. The word "cock" here is an old word for a rooster (from cockfighting pits); it is not rude. Similar: flight deck (on large airliners).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «cockpit» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cockpit/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«cockpit» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/cockpit.html) on Mova free.