Airplane Definition
ârplān
airplanes
noun
airplanes
Any of various winged vehicles capable of flight, generally heavier than air and driven by jet engines or propellers.
American Heritage
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.
Webster's New World
(US) A powered heavier-than-air aircraft with fixed wings.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
- plane
- aeroplane
- triplane
- trainer-fighter
- ski plane
- airfreighter
- vtol
- sesquiplane
- ornithopter
- monoplane
- monoplace
- mailplane
- convertiplane
- biplane
- ambulance
Other Word Forms of Airplane
Noun
Singular:
airplanePlural:
airplanes
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