aeroplane
IPA: ɛroʊpɫˈeɪn
noun
- (aviation, UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, India, Singapore, Canada, Hong Kong, Malaysia) Synonym of airplane. A powered heavier-than-air aircraft with fixed wings.
- (aeronautics, archaic, obsolete) Synonym of airfoil. An aerodynamic surface.
- Any of various nymphalid butterflies, of various genera, having a slow gliding flight. Also called planes.
verb
- (intransitive) To fly in an aeroplane.
- (transitive) To transport by aeroplane.
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Examples of "aeroplane" in Sentences
- In this work the aeroplane is the handmaiden of industry.
- Pissing on the floor or seats of a subway, bus, or aeroplane is considered 'wrong'.
- When asked if the aeroplane is one of ours the invariable reply is "Ndia, hii udege yeta Alhamdullilah."
- As it is, the aeroplane is primarily a thing for dropping bombs and the radio primarily a thing for whipping up nationalism.
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- Perhaps their biggest work has been done in aeroplane construction, tractor building and certain of the heavier engineering and basic industries.
- Assuming always that the aeroplane is flying at a reasonable height, it should be able to make a safe landing without exposing its passengers to injury.
- A commercial aeroplane is one which will pay, or can be supported economically or from a business point of view, in the air, that is, one that has a high enough pay load.
- I think that the aeroplane is not only useful to make contacts quickly; it is also useful in another way which occurred to me at lunchtime-and that is in getting away from people.
- But, at last, he has made for himself a machine which he calls the aeroplane and the tedious problem has been solved quite satisfactorily, so that we now hear a great deal about monoplanes and biplanes, all of which are classed under the general heading of aeroplanes.
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