airplane

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  1. noun Any of various winged vehicles capable of flight, generally heavier than air and driven by jet engines or propellers.

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  • PD: That was filmed inside our airplane, and so, you can now do this. —  Peter Diamandis on our next giant leap
  • A tiny airplane, the AV Pointer serves for surveillance: in effect a pair of roving eyeglasses. —  Paul MacCready on nature vs. humans
  • This airplane was a much-advanced version of what I had seen in the late forties. —  The Sergeant’s Cat and other stories - Janwillem van de Wetering
  • See? They look like the wings of an airplane -- an old fashioned airplane, an aeroplane, all wood and wire and canvas. —  F ;SF - vol 105 issue 04-05 - October-November 2003
  • His sister-in-law replied that she believed the back of the airplane was the safest, but Irfan believed it was better to be by the wings. —  - Latest Popular Stories, Instablogs Community
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