as in airplane
a vehicle for traveling through the air that has fixed wings for lift
an exhibit of a few of the aeroplanes that won the Battle of Britain
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Recent Examples of aeroplane
While turbulence has occasionally caused aeroplanes to crash, most of those tragedies happened several decades ago before modern safety analysis techniques made flying safer.
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Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week Uk, theweek, 6 June 2024
The bombardment of the open town far behind the lines occupied precisely three hours and a quarter, during which a powerful fleet of aeroplanes … did not cease unloading on the town bombs weighing from 1000 lbs.
—Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2024
Will Boeing continue to produce and design great aeroplanes, well-put together, reliable, for the customer base?
—Hanna Ziady, CNN, 5 Feb. 2024
Indian airlines are already placing orders for record numbers of aeroplanes.
—Niharika Sharma, Quartz, 21 Mar. 2023
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Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week Uk, theweek, 6 June 2024
The bombardment of the open town far behind the lines occupied precisely three hours and a quarter, during which a powerful fleet of aeroplanes … did not cease unloading on the town bombs weighing from 1000 lbs.
—Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2024
Will Boeing continue to produce and design great aeroplanes, well-put together, reliable, for the customer base?
—Hanna Ziady, CNN, 5 Feb. 2024
Indian airlines are already placing orders for record numbers of aeroplanes.
—Niharika Sharma, Quartz, 21 Mar. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for aeroplane
Noun
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This phone mount can attach to almost anything—an airplane tray table, your luggage handle, a desk, and more.—
Jasmine Gomez,
Travel + Leisure,
13 July 2025
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The media industry is far from the days when coaches welcomed an airplane full of sportswriters for a promotional tour half a century ago.—
Chris Vannini,
New York Times,
11 July 2025
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The report said that the plane had complied with all airworthiness directives.—
Brendan Cole,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 July 2025
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Even Kennedy was pictured holding what looked like a Big Mac while seated at a table with Trump and his inner circle on his private plane last November, right after Trump's re-election in November.—
Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy,
USA Today,
12 July 2025
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“Aeroplane.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aeroplane. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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