airplane

air·plane

This military jet is an airplane.

noun

The definition of an airplane is a type of aircraft that is characterized by being heavier than air, driven by propellers and jets and having wings which keep it in the air.

A wartime fighter jet is an example of an airplane.

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airplane

a fixed-wing aircraft, heavier than air, that is kept aloft by the aerodynamic forces of air as it is driven forward by a screw propeller or by other means, as jet propulsion

Origin of airplane

altered, influenced, influence by air, from earlier aeroplane

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airplane

noun

Any of various winged vehicles capable of flight, generally heavier than air and driven by jet engines or propellers.

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