wide-body

wide-bod·y

or wide·bod·y

noun

pl. wide-bod·ies, or wide·bod·ies

A jet aircraft having a wide fuselage with passenger seats divided by two lengthwise aisles.

Related Forms:

wide′-bod′ied wide′bod′ied
adjective

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Noun

(plural widebodies)

(aeronautics) An airliner capable of seating seven or more passengers in a single row of economy seating, with two aisles or more.
The world airline fleet of long-range aircraft consists almost entirely of widebodies.

Origin

wide + body

Noun

(plural wide-bodies)

(aeronautics) An airliner capable of seating six or more passengers in a single row of economy seating.
The world airline fleet of long-range aircraft consists almost entirely of wide-bodies.

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