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Definitions

fuselage

[fyoo-suh-lahzh, -lij, -zuh-, fyoo-suh-lahzh, -zuh-] / ˈfyu səˌlɑʒ, -lɪdʒ, -zə-, ˌfyu səˈlɑʒ, -zə- /
NOUN
body
Synonyms
STRONGEST
frame material skeleton
STRONG
assembly basis bed chassis core corpus crux essence gist groundwork hull majority mass matter pith staple substance substructure sum tenor total trunk whole
WEAK
gravamen main part

Example Sentences

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The company makes components for landing gear, wings and fuselage.

From Barron's • Mar. 19, 2026

Reuters, citing industry sources, reported an industrial-quality issue affecting fuselage panels of several dozen aircraft in the A320 family.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 1, 2025

Regulators, blaming Boeing’s emphasis on production over quality, imposed the production limit after a fuselage panel blew off an Alaska Airlines jet midair in early 2024.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 26, 2025

Inside, skylights cut into the rounded ceiling suggest a fuselage bathed in daylight.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 25, 2025

It was very dark inside the fuselage and he could see nothing—certainly no sign of the survival pack.

From "Hatchet" by Gary Paulsen

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.