jet airplane

noun

variants or less commonly jet plane

: an airplane powered by a jet engine that utilizes the surrounding air in the combustion of fuel or by a rocket-type jet engine that carries its fuel and all the oxygen needed for combustion

Word History

First Known Use

1944, in the meaning defined above

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Kids Definition

jet airplane

noun

: an airplane powered by one or more jet engines

called also jet plane