airliner

American  

[air-lahy-ner] / ˈɛərˌlaɪ nər /

noun

1. a passenger aircraft operated by an airline.

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airliner British  

/ ˈɛəˌlaɪnə /

noun

1. a large passenger aircraft

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Etymology

Origin of airliner

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

Example Sentences

“Superpower accelerates AI data center development by providing gigawatts of new capacity and advances the development and certification of the Overture supersonic airliner by providing engine reliability data,” the statement added.

From Barron's

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

From The Wall Street Journal

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

From The Wall Street Journal

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.

From The Wall Street Journal

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

From BBC

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