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Boeing 737 airplane

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air +‎ plane, alteration of aeroplane

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airplane (plural airplanes)

  1. (chiefly US, Canada, Philippines) A powered heavier-than-air aircraft with fixed wings.
    Hypernym: aircraft

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airplane (third-person singular simple present airplanes, present participle airplaning, simple past and past participle airplaned)

  1. (intransitive) To fly in an aeroplane.
  2. (transitive) To transport by aeroplane.

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