jumbo jet

noun
a widebody jet airliner.
Also, jumbo.


Origin:
1960–65

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jumbo jet
 
n
informal a type of large jet-propelled airliner that carries several hundred passengers

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Jumbo jet is always a great word to know.
So is gobo. Does it mean:
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
Example sentences
One by one, each of the engines on the jumbo jet shut down, and the plane began
  to dive toward the ground.
That's the equivalent of six jumbo jet crashes a day for an entire year.
But we're not going to criticize the penmanship involved in writing with a
  jumbo jet.
Getting into the air is no worse than any other jumbo jet.
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