Meaning Of The Word Airplane

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airplane
countable noun: An airplane is a vehicle with wings and one or more engines that enable it to fly through the air.

airplane in American English
a fixed-wing aircraft, heavier than air, that is kept aloft by the aerodynamic forces of air as it is driven forward by a screw propeller or by other means, as jet propulsion
noun: 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

airplane in British English
noun: a heavier-than-air powered flying vehicle with fixed wings

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