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WARPLANE

Pronunciation (US):

• 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.

• WARPLANE (noun)

Sense 1

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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)

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(English proverb)
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(Albanian proverb)
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(Dutch proverb)

Useful links:
Definition of military vehicle
Pronunciation of military machine
Definition of bomber
Pronunciation of fighter
Definition of fighter aircraft

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