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# aeroplane

noun (an aeroplane, aeroplanes)

«aeroplane» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

(UK, Ireland, Australia, NZ) A flying vehicle with wings and one or more engines that carries people or goods through the air; a plane. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aeroplane/#m1)

### In the lessons

Everyday and school word in the UK and Commonwealth for «plane»; in the USA and Canada it is «airplane». Appears in stories about travel, in science about forces (lift, thrust, drag) and in maths (an aeroplane flies 800 km per hour). Phrases: «by aeroplane», «a paper aeroplane», «get on an aeroplane».

### Examples

- We flew to Spain in an aeroplane. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aeroplane/#x1)
- Let's make paper aeroplanes! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aeroplane/#x2)
- The aeroplane took off from the runway. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aeroplane/#x3)
- An aeroplane flies at about 900 kilometres an hour. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aeroplane/#x4)
- The aeroplane has 180 seats in 30 rows of 6. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aeroplane/#x5)
- I watched the aeroplanes landing at the airport. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aeroplane/#x6)

### Note

Countable; «an aeroplane» (starts with a vowel sound). Spelling: UK «aeroplane», US «airplane»; both shorten to «plane». In maths: distance = speed × time (an aeroplane at 800 km/h for 3 hours flies 2,400 km).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «aeroplane» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aeroplane/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«aeroplane» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/aeroplane.html) on Mova free.