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jet plane

jet plane

7 2.7
A fast plane that uses jet engines to fly high
  • noun
  • /dʒɛt pleɪn/
translation icon : avión a chorro
  • Are you bringing in a jet plane to the gates?

There wouldn't be jet planes without propeller planes, I bet you.

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Examples

  • The jet plane soared through the sky at an incredible speed, leaving behind a trail of white vapor.

  • This jet plane's all fueled up, it's taking off.

    Argylle (2024)

  • We're leaving by my jet plane immediately.

    Palace (2018)

  • Do you see his jet plane?

    Fiction book (1991)

  • I bought her a jet plane.

    Blog text (15)

  • I flew in a jet plane too.

    Strangers on a Train (1951)

  • I bought Elizabeth the jet plane we flew in yesterday.

    Blog text (15)

  • A jet plane, unidentified, has been flying around over the base.

    Gog (1954)

  • I have seen hatchlings track the path of a jet plane flying 35,000 feet above them.

    Academic text (1995)

  • The mountains approached and, curving above them, the glittering, lengthening trail of a jet plane.

    Fiction book (1993)

Synonyms

jet
vsjet plane
558 1.7

A fast plane powered by engines that push out air

specifies craft that reach high speeds and high altitudes
jet-propelled plane
vsjet plane
3.9

A plane powered by jet engines that flies very fast

is broader stressing ability to reach high speeds and altitudes

Antonyms

glider
  • Specialized
37 4.6

A light plane with no engine that flies using rising air

How Fast

jet plane
7 2.7

Surface Forms

jet plane singular
jet planes plural

Morphology

jet + plane

The compound 'jet plane' is directly compositional: a B1 learner who knows 'jet' (an aircraft with jet engines) and 'plane' (a fixed-wing aircraft) can immediately infer it refers to a plane powered by jet engines. This is a common, cross-linguistic noun+noun compounding pattern with no idiomatic or metaphorical shift, so the meaning is transparently derivable from the parts.

Etymology

The name jet plane comes from the way the aircraft moves: a jet is a strong stream of gas from the engine that pushes the plane, so a jet plane is a plane driven by that powerful stream. That's why it means a plane that is 'very fast' and flies high.