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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Airbus is struggling to secure fuselage sections critical to the A350 from a plant in Kinston, North Carolina, which it bought from Spirit AeroSystems last year, Reuters said.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

The fuselage is the primary structure of an aircraft, forming the outer shell.

From Barron's • Dec. 3, 2025

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

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

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 25, 2025

Ishtar sprints along its fuselage and launches herself at the second bomber.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda

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