airliner

[air-lahy-ner]

noun

1. a passenger aircraft operated by an airline.

airliner

/ ˈɛəˌlaɪnə /

noun

1. a large passenger aircraft

Word History and Origins

Origin of airliner¹

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

Example Sentences

A possible reality check: this deliciously difficult cooperative board game—two players must work together to land airliners in increasingly complex scenarios.

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Known as Overture, the aircraft is designed to cruise at Mach 1.7 on transoceanic routes, or twice as fast as today’s airliners.

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Cheney vividly recalled being hauled by Secret Service agents from his office to an underground command post, amid worries that one of the hijacked airliners was headed toward the White House.

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From the outside the P-8 may look like an airliner, just painted grey and with fewer windows.

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The Libyan accused of building the bomb that brought down an American airliner over Lockerbie 36 years ago has claimed he was forced into making a false confession.

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