What does airplane mean?

Definition

An aircraft with wings and engines that carries passengers or cargo through the air.

Example sentences

• The board says boarding next to our flight, but the plane isn't even at the gate yet — how does that work?🔊

  The board says boarding next to our flight, but the plane isn't even at the gate yet — how does that work?

• At JFK our plane was taxiing for forty minutes before it even got to the runway — I finished a whole book.🔊

  At JFK our plane was taxiing for forty minutes before it even got to the runway — I finished a whole book.

• Does chewing gum actually help when the plane takes off, or is that a myth? My ears are killing me.🔊

  Does chewing gum actually help when the plane takes off, or is that a myth? My ears are killing me.

Related words

airplane in other languages

• In Portuguese
• In French
• In Japanese