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shuttle

 
 
/ˈʃʌtl/ noun [C]

Definition

TRAVEL a bus, train, plane etc which travels regularly between two places, usually a short distance: the London-Glasgow shuttle There's a shuttle service between the airport and the city centre.
SPACE (also space shuttle) a spacecraft which can go into space and return to Earth more than once
(Definition of shuttle noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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