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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This is especially true with the lower circulating oxygen levels on an aeroplane, in people with breathing problems or when combined with alcohol.
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Brian Dillon, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
An aeroplane flies behind the Adani logo near a building construction site in Mumbai.
—Sam Meredith, CNBC, 12 Aug. 2024
While turbulence has occasionally caused aeroplanes to crash, most of those tragedies happened several decades ago before modern safety analysis techniques made flying safer.
—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
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Brian Dillon, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
An aeroplane flies behind the Adani logo near a building construction site in Mumbai.
—Sam Meredith, CNBC, 12 Aug. 2024
While turbulence has occasionally caused aeroplanes to crash, most of those tragedies happened several decades ago before modern safety analysis techniques made flying safer.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for aeroplane
Noun
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There are only 66 short years between 1903, when the Wright Brothers flew the world’s first airplane, and 1969, when mankind landed on the moon.—
Tomris Laffly,
Variety,
28 Sep. 2025
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Scuba Oversized Full-zip Hoodie This cozy oversized hoodie is made for chilly fall days and freezing airplane cabins.—
Rosie Marder,
Travel + Leisure,
28 Sep. 2025
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Flight tracking website Flightradar showed several planes circling the airport at around 11pm local time before heading to other destinations.—
Laura Sharman,
CNN Money,
3 Oct. 2025
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To do this, the mission is leaning on the ER-2 (Earth Resources 2) aircraft, which is NASA's adaptation of the Lockheed Martin U-2 reconnaissance plane, optimized for civilian missions.—
Kenna Hughes-Castleberry,
Space.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Aeroplane.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aeroplane. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.
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