AIRLINER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does airliner mean? 

• AIRLINER (noun)
  The noun AIRLINER has 1 sense:

1. a commercial airplane that carries passengers

  Familiarity information: AIRLINER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AIRLINER (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)