fuselage
noun
fu·se·lage
ˈfyü-sə-ˌläzh 
-zə-
: the central body portion of an aircraft designed to accommodate the crew and the passengers or cargo see airplane illustration
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Sure enough, mid-flight, a hole is blown in the fuselage, and Zsa-zsa, taking the controls, crash-lands the plane.
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Richard Brody, New Yorker, 29 May 2025
Most damage was on wings and fuselage, so the obvious recommendation was to reinforce those areas.
—Faizan Mustafa, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
The movie opens with composer Alexandre Desplat injecting a dose of Lalo Schifrin-esque suspense into a low-altitude flight, as Korda calmly reads the sort of highly specialized nonfiction book that would put most men to sleep, when an explosion tears through the fuselage of his private plane.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 18 May 2025
The sections were recovered in the wreckage and identified: the fuselage with the engine; the main rotor system with both rotor blades; transmission and roof-beam structure; and the tail boom with the tail rotor.
—Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 8 May 2025
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Richard Brody, New Yorker, 29 May 2025
Most damage was on wings and fuselage, so the obvious recommendation was to reinforce those areas.
—Faizan Mustafa, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
The movie opens with composer Alexandre Desplat injecting a dose of Lalo Schifrin-esque suspense into a low-altitude flight, as Korda calmly reads the sort of highly specialized nonfiction book that would put most men to sleep, when an explosion tears through the fuselage of his private plane.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 18 May 2025
The sections were recovered in the wreckage and identified: the fuselage with the engine; the main rotor system with both rotor blades; transmission and roof-beam structure; and the tail boom with the tail rotor.
—Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 8 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for fuselage
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fuselage
noun
fu·se·lage
ˈfyü-sə-ˌläzh
ˈfyü-zə-
: the central body portion of an airplane that holds the crew, passengers, and cargo
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