a heavier-than-air powered flying vehicle with fixed wings
Also called: aeroplane
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
air•plane /ˈɛrˌpleɪn/USA pronunciation
n. [countable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025- Aeronauticsa heavier-than-air craft that has wings and is driven in flight by propellers or jet propulsion.
air•plane
(âr′plān′),USA pronunciation n.
- Aeronauticsa 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.
- Aeronauticsany similar heavier-than-air aircraft, as a glider or helicopter.
- alteration of aeroplane, with air1 replacing aero- 1870–75, for an earlier sense
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'airplane' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Armalite
- aboard
- aerobatics
- aeroplane
- air piracy
- airboat
- airbus
- airfare
- airflow
- airframe
- airmada
- airmail
- airplane carrier
- airplane cloth
- airplane spin
- airplane turn
- airscrew
- aluminum
- ambulance
- amphibian
- angle of incidence
- anti-icer
- armrest
- arresting gear
- ascend
- aviator
- aviophobia
- axis
- bail
- bank
- banner
- barnstorm
- barrel roll
- battleplane
- bay
- beam
- belly
- berth
- bimotor
- biplane
- blister
- boarding
- bomb
- bomber
- bombload
- breed of cat
- buck
- bulkhead
- bump
- bumpy