: a large jet aircraft characterized by a wide cabin

Examples of wide-body in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Honeywell will provide plane electronics and auxiliary power unit maintenance programs for Vietjet's narrow body aircraft and its new wide-body A330neos. Yessar Rosendar, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024 One Mile at a Time reports that United currently has four different Wi-Fi providers, with regional jets utilizing Intelsat (formerly Gogo) and most wide-body jets using Panasonic Wi-Fi. Tom Warren, The Verge, 13 Sep. 2024 The aircraft involved, the A350-1000 variant of the popular wide-body model, uses Trent XWB-97 engines produced by British manufacturer Rolls-Royce. Jenni Reid, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2024 The era of large, expensive, and inefficient wide-body aircraft is waning, and instead there’s growing demand for aircraft that have a narrow fuselage, with a single central aisle, and more agile performance. Antonio Dini, WIRED, 27 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for wide-body 

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Word History

First Known Use

1979, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of wide-body was in 1979

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“Wide-body.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wide-body. Accessed 7 Oct. 2024.

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