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JET-PROPELLED PLANE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An airplane powered by one or more jet engines
Synonyms:
jet; jet-propelled plane; jet plane
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("jet-propelled plane" is a kind of...):
aeroplane; airplane; plane (an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets)
Meronyms (parts of "jet-propelled plane"):
jet engine (a gas turbine produces a stream of hot gas that propels a jet plane by reaction propulsion)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "jet-propelled plane"):
fan-jet; fanjet; turbofan; turbojet (an airplane propelled by a fanjet engine)
jetliner (a large jet plane that carries passengers)
jumbo jet; jumbojet (a very large jet plane)
twinjet (a jet plane propelled by two jet engines)
