ALL meanings of airplane
air·plane
A a - countable noun airplane An airplane is a vehicle with wings and one or more engines that enable it to fly through the air. 3
- noun airplane a heavier-than-air powered flying vehicle with fixed wings 3
- noun airplane a fixed-wing aircraft, heavier than air, that is kept aloft by the aerodynamic forces of air as it is driven forward by a screw propeller or by other means, as jet propulsion 3
- noun airplane a heavier-than-air aircraft kept aloft by the upward thrust exerted by the passing air on its fixed wings and driven by propellers, jet propulsion, etc. 1
- noun airplane any similar heavier-than-air aircraft, as a glider or helicopter. 1
- noun airplane A powered flying vehicle with fixed wings and a weight greater than that of the air it displaces. 1
- abbreviation AIRPLANE aircraft 1
- noun airplane (US) A powered heavier-than-air aircraft with fixed wings. 0