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airplane
[ air-pleyn ]
noun
- a heavier-than-air aircraft kept aloft by the upward thrust exerted by the passing air on its fixed wings and driven by propellers, jet propulsion, etc.
- any similar heavier-than-air aircraft, as a glider or helicopter.
airplane
/ ˈɛəˌpleɪn /
noun
- a heavier-than-air powered flying vehicle with fixed wings Also calledaeroplane
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- pro·airplane adjective
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Example Sentences
Like him, they identified the Airbus A320 as an airplane extremely well fitted to low cost airline operations in Asia.
Specifically, what briefing did the flight crew receive before they went to the airplane?
One specific kind of emergency is at the heart of this, such as when an airplane suffers a loss of stability at night.
Bottom line is that it will only be a BVR [beyond visual range] airplane.
The airplane was owned by an Indonesian budget carrier, Lion Air.
Zoomed over the German lines in the war, stoking an airplane, although at that time he was only a kid.
The airplane pitched and swerved as the pilot changed course to disturb the aim of the bombers.
For a moment Johnnie stood near his beacon, vainly straining his ears for some further trace of an airplane.
So Jimmy and Carl found themselves housed for the night in a very comfortable home, close by the airplane.
Just as Jimmy was starting for his ship, he saw that the other airplane was landing close to where his own ship stood.
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