turbojet

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈtɜːrbəʊdʒɛt/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈtɝboʊˌdʒɛt/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(tûr′bō jet′)


WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
tur•bo•jet /ˈtɜrboʊˌdʒɛt/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. Aeronauticsan engine equipped with turbines to compress air.
  2. Aeronauticsan airplane equipped with one or more such engines.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
tur•bo•jet  (tûr′bō jet′),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. AeronauticsSee turbojet engine. 
  2. Aeronauticsan airplane equipped with one or more turbojet engines.
  • turbo- + jet1 1940–45

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
turbojet / ˈtɜːbəʊˌdʒɛt/
  1. short for turbojet engine
  2. an aircraft powered by one or more turbojet engines
'turbojet' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
dragonfly - propfan - reheating - turbo - turbo-ramjet engine - turbojet engine - windmill

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