airplane

[air-pleyn] / ˈɛərˌpleɪn /

NOUN

vehicle that transports cargo or passengers through the air

Synonyms

STRONGEST

aircraft airliner cab jet plane ship

STRONG

aeroplane airbus airship crate kite ramjet

Example Sentences

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Another user, @wesleybrennan87, posted a photo of two airplane contrails crisscrossing the sky through a break in the fog.

From Los Angeles Times

Another shows him on an airplane tarmac with Ghislaine Maxwell, the convicted associate of Epstein.

From BBC

Another photo, which appears to be on an airplane, shows Clinton with a woman wearing a white camisole.

From The Wall Street Journal

“I had no idea that this was a problem,” Harris said of contaminated-air events on airplanes.

From The Wall Street Journal

It’s good news for the embattled American airplane maker.

From Barron's