aeroplane
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈeə.ɹə.pleɪn/
aeroplane (plural aeroplanes)
- (Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Irish, India, UK) A powered heavier-than-air aircraft with fixed wings.
- (aeronautics, archaic) An airfoil.
- Any of various nymphalid butterflies, of various genera, having a slow gliding flight. Also called planes.
aeroplane (aeroplanes, present participle aeroplaning; past and past participle aeroplaned)
- (intransitive) To fly in an aeroplane.
- (transitive) To transport by aeroplane.
- 1919, The American Angler (volume 4, page 221)
- The rod was discarded, and then, hand over hand, the prize of them all was aeroplaned to the top of the cliff.
- 1919, The American Angler (volume 4, page 221)
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