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jetliner

[ jet-lahy-ner ]

noun

  1. a commercial jet plane for carrying passengers.


jetliner

/ ˈdʒɛtˌlaɪnə /

noun

  1. a commercial airliner powered by jet engines


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Word History and Origins

Origin of jetliner1

First recorded in 1945–50; jet 1 + (air)liner

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Example Sentences

The Boeing jetliner had 295 people on board and was flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur.

Jetliner bombing plot August 2006 Twenty-four suspects arrested for plotting to blow up 10 U.S. jetliners with liquid explosives.

That's a record dating back to the advent of the jetliner itself.

All she'd lose was one day, and it might be a bit of a vacation if she enjoyed flying in a jetliner at sixty thousand feet.

Nurse Gloria Farrow waved at me from the ramp of the jetliner, and I ran forward to collect her baggage.

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