biplane
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of biplane
First recorded in 1870–75; bi- 1 + (air)plane
Compare meaning
How does biplane compare to similar and commonly confused words? Explore the most common comparisons:
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
The practice lasted until 1932, when a 22-year-old student aviator spotted a drifting cat-shaped balloon and tried to capture it with her biplane.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 25, 2025
In 1983, Donald died in a plane crash with the couple’s son-in-law, Eyal Horwitz, while piloting an experimental biplane.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 6, 2025
That's how they had her hover at that one point for one of the opening shots when she's hovering and then it turns into the biplane.
From Salon • Feb. 19, 2024
Post Office in 1918, depicts a biplane called the Curtiss JN, known as a Jenny.
From New York Times • Nov. 14, 2023
It was appallingly little and flimsy—an open cockpit biplane with wooden struts, tied with piano wire.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
