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# airplane

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

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

## Everyday

1. A flying machine with wings and engines that carries people or goods through the air. [tree →](https://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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/airplane/#m2)

### 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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/airplane/#x1)
- The airplane took off from the runway. [tree →](https://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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/airplane/#x3)
- In science we learned how wings help an airplane fly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/airplane/#x4)
- Put your phone in airplane mode during the flight. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/airplane/#x5)
- The airplane landed safely in the storm. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/airplane/#x6)
- My little brother wants to be an airplane pilot. [tree →](https://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".

## On Mova

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