airplane

UK /ˈɛəˌpleɪ̯n/ US /ˈɛɹˌpleɪ̯n/

noun 2verb 2

Definitions

noun

A powered heavier-than-air aircraft with fixed wings.

A game to encourage small children to eat, in which the parent or carer pretends a spoonful of food is an aircraft flying into the child's mouth.

So, he'd take a spoon and he'd start playing airplane, circling the spoon around in the air until it was ready to land in the runway of my mouth.

Willis wondered what this fellow wanted to do, spoon feed him? Play airplane?

verb

To fly in an aeroplane.

To transport by aeroplane.

Collocations

ADJ.

able, capable, good, used

The old airplane was still capable of flying safely after extensive repairs.

VERB + AIRPLANE

feed, flew, flown, flying, get, got, landed, look

I got an airplane ticket for next month's vacation to visit my parents.

AIRPLANE + NOUN

accident, accidents, mood, narita, passengers, rocket, spoon

The airplane accident near Narita Airport caused flight delays for several days.

PREP.

in, in, off, on, with, with

I fell asleep on the airplane during the long flight to Australia.

ADV.

recently, suddenly, then

The airplane suddenly lost altitude during the storm, frightening all the passengers on board.

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Synonyms

noun — an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propelle

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

So, he'd take a spoon and he'd start playing airplane, circling the spoon around in the air until it was ready to land in the runway of my mouth.

Wiktionary

Willis wondered what this fellow wanted to do, spoon feed him? Play airplane?

Wiktionary

For instance, Jan has taken to playing airplane with the spoon to get Charley to attend to the spoon and want to take it into his mouth.

Wiktionary

The Wright brothers succeeded in flying an airplane driven by an engine.

Tatoeba · #29823

If I go by air one more time, I'll have flown in an airplane five times.

Tatoeba · #31717

The pilot landed the airplane in the field.

Tatoeba · #35511

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, airplane is marked as US. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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