airplane
/ˈɛəˌpleɪ̯n/
A powered heavier-than-air aircraft with fixed wings: a fixed-wing aircraft with at least one engine or electric motor; A powered heavier-than-air aircraft with fixed wings: a fixed-wing aircraft with at least one engine or electric motor.; One that can carry a person or persons
- plural
- airplanes
Meanings
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A powered heavier-than-air aircraft with fixed wings: a fixed-wing aircraft with at least one engine or electric motor
Tom got on the airplane.
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How old is this airplane?
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A powered heavier-than-air aircraft with fixed wings: a fixed-wing aircraft with at least one engine or electric motor.; One that can carry a person or persons
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Any of various small flyable objects that are notionally comparable to such aircraft but aren't poweredrare
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A game to encourage small children to eat, in which the parent or carer pretends that a spoonful of food is an aircraft flying into the child's mouth; the spoonful itselfrare