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# airplane

«airplane» in Mova's school dictionary: **A flying machine with wings and engines that carries…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (an airplane, airplanes); UK and Australia: aeroplane

### meaning for a pupil

1) A flying machine with wings and engines that carries people or goods through the air. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/airplane/#m1)

2) (informal) A toy model of such a machine, including a paper airplane. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/airplane/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Used in everyday life about travel and in science lessons about flight, air, lift and forces. In stories, a trip by airplane is a big journey. Phrases: by airplane, get on an airplane, paper airplane, airplane mode (on a phone).

### examples

- We flew to see Grandma in a big airplane. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/airplane/#x1)
- The airplane took off from the runway. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/airplane/#x2)
- I folded a paper airplane in class and it flew across the room. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/airplane/#x3)
- In science we learned how wings help an airplane fly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/airplane/#x4)
- Put your phone in airplane mode during the flight. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/airplane/#x5)
- The airplane landed safely in the storm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/airplane/#x6)
- My little brother wants to be an airplane pilot. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/airplane/#x7)

### note

US spelling is airplane; British, Irish, Australian and New Zealand English usually say aeroplane, and everyone says plane. Use "an" (an airplane) because it starts with a vowel sound. Plural: airplanes. Travel phrase: "by plane", not "by the airplane".

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «airplane» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/airplane/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.