| Main Entry: | airplane |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | vehicle that transports cargo or passengers through the air |
Synonyms: |
aeroplane, airbus, aircraft, airliner, airship, cab, crate, jet, kite, plane, ramjet, ship* |
| Main Entry: | craft |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | water or air vehicle |
Synonyms: |
air ship, aircraft, airplane, barge, blimp, boat, bottom, plane, ship, shipping, spacecraft, vessel, watercraft, zeppelin |
| Main Entry: | jet |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | vehicle propelled by ejection of pressurized gas or liquid |
Synonyms: |
airbus, airplane, plane, supersonic, supersonic transport, turbo |
| Main Entry: | plane |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | aircraft |
Synonyms: |
airbus, airplane, airship, bird*, craft, crate, jet, ship, twin-engine |
| Notes: | plane is essentially the same word as plain, both ultimately coming from Latin planus 'flat' or 'clear' |
| Main Entry: | shuttle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | space shuttle |
Synonyms: |
airplane, plane, shuttle bus, spacecraft, spaceport, train, transporter |
| Main Entry: | flying machine |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | early aircraft |
Synonyms: |
aeroplane, aircraft, airplane, avion |
| Main Entry: | craft |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
Related
Adjectives: |
Byzantine, Machiavellian, acute, arch, artful, artificial, astute, cagey, calculated, callid, canny, captious, cautelous, circuitous, cloak-and-dagger, contriving, convoluted, crafty, crooked, cunning, deceitful, deep, designing, diplomatic, disingenuous, feline, insidious, intriguing, knowing, leery, lubricious, pawky, politic, political, profound, sharp, shrewd, skilful, slippery, sly, sneckdrawing, sportive, stealthy, strategic, subdolous, subtle, surreptitious, tactical, thick, tricksy, tricky, underhand, unwholesome, vafrous, venal, vulpine, wily
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