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aeroplane

[air-uh-pleyn] / ˈɛər əˌpleɪn /


NOUN
flying machine
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Multiple land and ground water assessments from the time make reference to the fire training area - where firefighters would practice putting out an aeroplane set on fire above a 'pond' of fuel.

From BBC Jun. 23, 2026

Produced since 1988, the A320 is the world's best-selling aeroplane.

From Barron's Nov. 29, 2025

He says: "I thought about it, I spoke to the wife and said do you mind if I go and play on an aeroplane? That was four years ago."

From BBC Nov. 9, 2025

New Delhi city authorities, working with the government's Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, launched a test run on Thursday afternoon using a Cessna light aeroplane over the city's northern Burari area.

From Barron's Oct. 24, 2025

Salim’s pod moved from three o’clock to two o’clock just as an aeroplane flew low overhead.

From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd




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