jet plane

noun

1. an airplane moved by jet propulsion.

jet plane

noun

1. an aircraft powered by one or more jet engines

Word History and Origins

Origin of jet plane¹

First recorded in 1940–45

Example Sentences

“I bought Elizabeth the jet plane we flew in yesterday,” Burton writes matter-of-factly.

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No one would have trouble drawing a line between a jet plane and a suit of clothing, to take an extreme example.

From Project Gutenberg

And they didn't seem to be going fast enough so that I'd expect to hear a roar like a jet-plane.

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He telephoned the airfield to have a jet plane with lifters readied for take-off.

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You wouldn't need much more than a jet plane to get from one of these planetoids to another.

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Commander Stanley Morgan boarded a jet plane on the Australian desert that night.

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