airplane

noun

powered heavier-than-air aircraft with fixed wings

Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈɛəˌpleɪ̯n/ / /ˈɛɹˌpleɪ̯n/

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewsér Proto-Hellenic *auhḗr Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr)bor. Latin āēr Old French airbor. Middle English aire English air ▲ Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr) Ancient Greek πλανάω (planáō) Ancient Greek -ος (-os) Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ερόπλᾰνος (āeróplănos)der. French aéroplanebor. English aeroplaneclip. English plane English airplane From air + plane as an alteration of aeroplane.

A powered heavier-than-air aircraft with fixed wings: a fixed-wing aircraft with at least one engine or electric motor.
“on an airplane”
“jet airplane”
A powered heavier-than-air aircraft with fixed wings: a fixed-wing aircraft with at least one engine or electric motor.
“They use airplanes to deliver mail and supplies to the far northern villages.”
Any of various small flyable objects that are notionally comparable to such aircraft but aren't powered.
“toy airplane”
“paper airplane”
A game to encourage small children to eat, in which the parent or carer pretends that a spoonful of food is an aircraft flying into the child's mouth; the spoonful itself.
“Near-synonym: choo-choo train”
“Here comes the airplane! Open wide!”

verb

To fly in an aeroplane.
To transport by aeroplane.