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airbus

American  
[air-buhs] / ˈɛərˌbʌs /
Or air bus

noun

  1. a short-range or medium-range commercial passenger airplane, especially one that is part of a frequent shuttlelike service between two popular destinations.

Airbus British  
/ ˈɛəˌbʌs /

noun

  1. a commercial aircraft manufactured and marketed by an international consortium of aerospace companies

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Etymology

Origin of airbus

First recorded in 1905–10; air 1 + bus 1

Example Sentences

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Surface damage seen on Qatar Airways' airbus A350 parked at Qatar airways aircraft maintenance hangar in Doha, Qatar, June 20, 2022.

From Reuters

Paramedics wearing protective gear loaded patients on life-support aboard the airbus, which later landed in Stuttgart.

From Fox News

Currently, the Google office is being built within the “Spruce Goose” airplane hangar where Mr. Hughes built his wooden airbus, said Mr. Foley.

From The Wall Street Journal

The Air France airbus was hijacked on 27 June and flown to Entebbe, where at least three Palestinian accomplices were waiting at the airport.

From BBC

The airbus “wreck” is considered to be the largest plane sunk voluntarily to become an artificial reef.

From Time

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