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airplane

[ air-pleyn ]

noun

  1. 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.
  2. any similar heavier-than-air aircraft, as a glider or helicopter.


airplane

/ ˈɛəˌ±è±ô±ðɪ²Ô /

noun

  1. a heavier-than-air powered flying vehicle with fixed wings Also calledaeroplane
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of airplane1

1870–75, for an earlier sense; alteration of aeroplane, with air 1 replacing aero-
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The Forest of Dean-based firm makes metal moulds that are used to create plastic sections of airplane seats.

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I was 9 years old again, unaccompanied on an airplane somewhere above the continental U.S., being hurled between two contentiously divorced parents.

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They took a hard line and refused to even disclose the flight times for airplanes that flew to El Salvador.

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Joffe: Most people don't have to worry about getting on an airplane for basic healthcare.

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