WINGSPREAD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does wingspread mean? 

• WINGSPREAD (noun)
  The noun WINGSPREAD has 2 senses:

1. distance between the tips of the wings (as of a bird or insect) when fully extended

2. linear distance between the extremities of an airfoil

  Familiarity information: WINGSPREAD used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WINGSPREAD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Distance between the tips of the wings (as of a bird or insect) when fully extended

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("wingspread" is a kind of...):

distance; length (size of the gap between two places)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Linear distance between the extremities of an airfoil

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

wingspan; wingspread

Hypernyms ("wingspread" is a kind of...):

distance; length (size of the gap between two places)