WARPLANE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does warplane mean? 

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

1. an aircraft designed and used for combat

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• WARPLANE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An aircraft designed and used for combat

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

military plane; warplane

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

heavier-than-air craft (a non-buoyant aircraft that requires a source of power to hold it aloft and to propel it)

military vehicle (vehicle used by the armed forces)

Domain category:

armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "warplane"):

bomber (a military aircraft that drops bombs during flight)

attack aircraft; fighter; fighter aircraft (a high-speed military or naval airplane designed to destroy enemy aircraft in the air)

reconnaissance plane (a military airplane used to gain information about an enemy)