Booster

Quick meaning: Booster is a noun meaning Something that boosts.

Meaning

Something that boosts.

More Meanings

1. Ellipsis of booster seat.
2. (aerospace) The first stage of a multistage rocket, providing primary or supplemental thrust for liftoff and early flight.
3. (electrical engineering) A motor-generator set used for voltage regulation in direct current electrical power circuits.
4. Someone who publicly promotes or endorses (something or someone); a fan or supporter.
5. A member of a booster club.
6. (immunology) A booster dose.
7. (explosives) A small quantity of a sensitive explosive that is triggered by a detonator and provides the energy needed to detonate a larger quantity of a less-sensitive explosive.

Example Sentences

When did you get your last tetanus booster?

The security guard captured two boosters before they could exit the retail store.

Also in 1939, six 4-8-4s, classified "Kb" because they have boosters, were built at Hillside for service between Christchurch and Arthurs Pass.

Nor is his district quite the Democratic bastion boosters describe: voters there narrowly backed Barack Obama in 2008, but voted for Mr Bush by a hefty margin in 2004.

Word Forms

• boosters
• boostering
• boostered

Synonyms for booster

Depending on context, synonyms include champion, friend, supporter, protagonist, admirer, promoter.

Related Words

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