Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com

VTOL

American  
[vee-tawl, vee-tee-oh-el] / ˈviˌtɔl, ˈviˈtiˈoʊˈɛl /

abbreviation

Aeronautics.

  1. vertical takeoff and landing: an aircraft capable of taking off and landing vertically.

VTOL British  
/ ˈviːtɒl /

noun

  1. vertical takeoff and landing; a system in which an aircraft can take off and land vertically

  2. an aircraft that uses this system Compare STOL

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of VTOL

1965–70; v(ertical) t(ake)o(ff and) l(anding)

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.