jetway
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3.7
- noun
- /ˈdʒɛtˌweɪ/
- US
:
puente de embarque
- The flight attendant escorts them into the jetway.
- jetway door
- emerge from the jetway
- stepped onto the jetway
Examples
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Four Dutch men exited the jetway.
Fiction book (1995) -
The jetway was malfunctioning, causing delays in boarding the aircraft.
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At the airport gate, I looked at the people filing through the door from the jetway.
Fiction book (1990) -
Victoria waves goodbye and starts toward the jetway.
Fiction book (1993) -
She walked off the jetway into the waiting area, trying to look confident.
Fiction book (1999) -
Bessie walks slowly through the jetway.
Fiction book (1997) -
Now people are filing through the jetway door, spilling into the hall with waves and shrieks.
Fiction book (1991) -
But immediately, I was met on the jetway by a gate agent from Southwest with a sheaf of already rebooked tickets in hand.
Blog text (20) -
I was first off the plane and walked proudly down the jetway with my millionth and one mile now neatly racked up.
Blog text (7) -
Davis tried to follow the girl but was stopped by gate agent Angelo Sottile, who told Davis that he could not enter the jetway until his boarding pass was checked.
Academic text (2001)
Synonyms
1
3.9
A covered bridge that connects an airport gate to a plane door
How Convenient
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Jetway comes from jet ('fast airplane') and way ('path' or 'road'), so it is easy to picture it as a special 'path' for planes. It is like a movable, enclosed 'path' or bridge that takes passengers from the terminal to the plane.