JET PLANE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

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 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 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 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)