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airplane
[ air-pleyn ]
noun
- 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.
- any similar heavier-than-air aircraft, as a glider or helicopter.
airplane
/ ˈɛəˌɪ /
noun
- a heavier-than-air powered flying vehicle with fixed wings Also calledaeroplane
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The Forest of Dean-based firm makes metal moulds that are used to create plastic sections of airplane seats.
I was 9 years old again, unaccompanied on an airplane somewhere above the continental U.S., being hurled between two contentiously divorced parents.
They took a hard line and refused to even disclose the flight times for airplanes that flew to El Salvador.
Joffe: Most people don't have to worry about getting on an airplane for basic healthcare.
We don’t have an inherent need for cars, though, anymore than we have an inherent need for airplanes.
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