Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
a reusable spacecraft with wings for a controlled descent through the Earth's atmosphere;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
space shuttle \space" shut`tle\, n.
a reusable vehicle that can carry people or objects into
orbit around the earth and return to be used again for
subsequent trips; -- distinguished from rockets that are used
only once. The present (1997) American space shuttle is a
manned vehicle, having an external fuel tank that is
expendable and not re-used.
[PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
space shuttle
n 1: a reusable spacecraft with wings for a controlled descent
through the Earth's atmosphere