AEROPLANE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does aeroplane mean? 

• AEROPLANE (noun)
  The noun AEROPLANE has 1 sense:

1. an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets

  Familiarity information: AEROPLANE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AEROPLANE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

aeroplane; airplane; plane

Context example:

the flight was delayed due to trouble with the airplane

Hypernyms ("aeroplane" is a kind of...):

heavier-than-air craft (a non-buoyant aircraft that requires a source of power to hold it aloft and to propel it)

Meronyms (parts of "aeroplane"):

accelerator; accelerator pedal; gas; gas pedal; gun; throttle (a pedal that controls the throttle valve)

windscreen; windshield (transparent screen (as of glass) to protect occupants of a vehicle)

radar dome; radome (a housing for a radar antenna; transparent to radio waves)

wing (one of the horizontal airfoils on either side of the fuselage of an airplane)

navigation light (light on an airplane that indicates the plane's position and orientation; red light on the left (port) wing tip and green light on the right (starboard) wing tip)

landing gear (an undercarriage that supports the weight of the plane when it is on the ground)

fuel pod; pod (a detachable container of fuel on an airplane)

bonnet; cowl; cowling; hood (protective covering consisting of a metal part that covers the engine)

fuselage (the central body of an airplane that is designed to accommodate the crew and passengers (or cargo))

escape hatch (hatchway that provides a means of escape in an emergency)

Domain member category:

astern ((of a ship or an airplane) behind)

hunt (yaw back and forth about a flight path)

prang (crash)

atomic number 22; Ti; titanium (a light strong grey lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong lightweight alloys (as for airplane parts); the main sources are rutile and ilmenite)

leeway ((of a ship or plane) sideways drift)

drift (the gradual departure from an intended course due to external influences (as a ship or plane))

passenger; rider (a traveler riding in a vehicle (a boat or bus or car or plane or train etc) who is not operating it)

highjacker; hijacker (someone who uses force to take over a vehicle (especially an airplane) in order to reach an alternative destination)

place; seat (a space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane))

log (a written record of events on a voyage (of a ship or plane))

circumnavigation (traveling around something (by ship or plane))

defroster; deicer (heater that removes ice or frost (as from a windshield or a refrigerator or the wings of an airplane))

roll-on roll-off (a method of transport (as a ferry or train or plane) that vehicles roll onto at the beginning and roll off of at the destination)

dip circle; inclinometer (a measuring instrument for measuring the angle of magnetic dip (as from an airplane))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "aeroplane"):

airliner (a commercial airplane that carries passengers)

amphibian; amphibious aircraft (an airplane designed to take off and land on water)

biplane (old fashioned airplane; has two wings one above the other)

bomber (a military aircraft that drops bombs during flight)

delta wing (an airplane with wings that give it the appearance of an isosceles triangle)

attack aircraft; fighter; fighter aircraft (a high-speed military or naval airplane designed to destroy enemy aircraft in the air)

hangar queen (an airplane with a bad maintenance record)

jet; jet-propelled plane; jet plane (an airplane powered by one or more jet engines)

monoplane (an airplane with a single wing)

multiengine airplane; multiengine plane (a plane with two or more engines)

propeller plane (an airplane that is driven by a propeller)

reconnaissance plane (a military airplane used to gain information about an enemy)

hydroplane; seaplane (an airplane that can land on or take off from water)

ski-plane (an airplane equipped with skis so it can land on a snowfield)

tanker plane (an airplane constructed to transport chemicals that can be dropped in order to fight a forest fire)

 Context examples 

Another sector potentially affected by such events is aviation, since smoke clouds are found at the same altitude at which aeroplanes fly and particles can reduce visibility.

(Australian bushfire smoke drifts to South America, SciDev.Net)

Well, suddenly out of the darkness, out of the night, there swooped something with a swish like an aeroplane.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I've tried war and steeplechasin' and aeroplanes, but this huntin' of beasts that look like a lobster-supper dream is a brand-new sensation.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)