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jetliner

jetliner

17 3.5
A large plane with jet engines that carries people between cities
  • noun
  • /ˈdʒɛtˌlaɪnər/
translation icon : avión de pasajeros
  • The spacious cabin of the jetliner provides a comfortable experience for travelers.
  • a commercial jetliner
  • Boeing jetliners
  • the first commercial jetliner

There is a those big jetliner that hid the towers and something is going on.

Examples

  • The new jetliner can hold over 500 passengers on long-haul flights.

  • The Asian carrier recently added 20 more A350 XWB jetliners to its order.

    Blog text (10)
  • A modern commercial jetliner is in communication multiple ways with the outside world.

  • From the runway, as a jetliner takes off...

    Fiction book (1997)
  • Debris from the jetliner including one of the engines, fell as far as six blocks away.

  • Bad jokes aside, this was the widest, most spacious jetliner in its class.

    Blog text (32)
  • The jetliner design was Boeing's Model 707, and it would be marketed as such.

    Academic text (2003)
  • The Avro Canada Jetliner, parked at Chicago's Midway Airport in 1951.

    Academic text (2003)
  • Just then, a massive jetliner swept by in the opposite lane, sending the Tristar bouncing and rocking in its wake.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • Aboard a jetliner, Dade Murphy is staring blankly out the window, wearing headphones.

    Fiction book (1995)

Synonyms

plane
vsjetliner
1.0

A flying machine with wings that carries people

is a large passenger vehicle rather than any fixed wing craft
airplane
vsjetliner
  • US
877 1.0

A flying machine with fixed wings that carries people or goods through the air

is a large passenger vehicle rather than any powered flying vehicle
aircraft
vsjetliner
818 2.5

A machine that flies like an airplane or helicopter

is a large passenger craft rather than any flying vehicle
jet
vsjetliner
558 1.7

A fast plane powered by engines that push out air

is a large passenger craft not defined by engine type
airliner
vsjetliner
58 2.6

A large plane used by airlines to carry many passengers

is specifically a jet powered passenger craft rather than any propulsion type
aeroplane
vsjetliner
  • UK
14 1.3

A machine with wings and an engine that flies to carry people or goods

is a large passenger craft not just any fixed wing machine
jet plane
vsjetliner
7 2.7

A fast plane that uses jet engines to fly high

is a large passenger craft rather than any jet powered vehicle
jumbojet
vsjetliner
3.6

A very large jet plane that carries many people on long flights

is a large passenger craft not limited to extra large size
widebody aircraft
vsjetliner
  • Specialized
4.6

A large passenger plane with two aisles that carries many people

is a large passenger craft often without the two aisle emphasis
narrowbody aircraft
vsjetliner
  • Specialized
5.4

A plane with one aisle used for short or medium flights

is a large passenger craft that is not limited to single aisle designs
jet-propelled plane
vsjetliner
3.9

A plane powered by jet engines that flies very fast

is a large passenger craft not defined only by propulsion

How Big

jumbo jet
9 3.0
widebody aircraft
  • Specialized
4.6
jetliner
17 3.5
light plane
1 3.7

Surface Forms

jetliner singular
jetliners plural

Morphology

jetliner = jet + liner (transparent) = jet + liner

The meaning is directly derived from the clear combination of 'jet' + 'liner', where 'liner' denotes a large passenger vehicle and 'jet' specifies propulsion.

Etymology

Jetliner combines two words: jet, meaning 'a fast stream of air' (and the engine that uses this stream), and liner, meaning 'a large passenger ship that follows a regular route', like an 'ocean liner'. So, a jetliner is a big passenger airplane powered by jets and used to carry people on regular long flights.