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AIRLINER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A commercial airplane that carries passengers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("airliner" is a kind of...):
aeroplane; airplane; plane (an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets)
Meronyms (parts of "airliner"):
galley (the kitchen area for food preparation on an airliner)
plane seat (a seat on a commercial airliner)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "airliner"):
airbus (a subsonic jet airliner operated over short distances)
narrow-body; narrow-body aircraft; narrowbody aircraft (a commercial airliner with a single aisle)
twin-aisle airplane; wide-body; wide-body aircraft; widebody aircraft (a commercial airliner with two aisles)
Derivation:
airline (a commercial enterprise that provides scheduled flights for passengers)
