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airplane /ˈeɚˌpleɪn/ noun

plural airplanes

airplane

/ˈeɚˌpleɪn/

noun

plural airplanes

Learner's definition of AIRPLANE

[count] US

: a machine that has wings and an engine and that flies through the air

traveling on/in an airplane = traveling by airplane

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— called also plane, (British) aeroplane

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