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aeroplane

[air-uh-playn] / ˈɛər əˌpleɪn /


NOUN
flying machine
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He said: "I'll never forget going out of that aeroplane and falling through the air, but it was all over so quickly."

From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026

India trialled cloud seeding over its smog-filled capital for the first time, spraying a chemical from an aeroplane to encourage rain and wash deadly particles out of the air.

From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 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

Trump arrived in the UK for his 2019 state visit on the customised Boeing 747-200B aeroplane known as Air Force One.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2025

What he lacked of course was a suitable power source: he tried to imagine an aeroplane powered by a steam engine, but the difficulties were obvious.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton


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