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Definition plane in British English

plane noun

[countable] noun
/pleɪn/
1

an aircraft with wings and at least one engine

Example

Her father was killed in a plane crash.

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We travelled by plane from Mexico City.

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After passengers got off the plane in Dublin, it continued on its way to London.

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We drove to the airport and caught the next plane to Nice.

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It was at United that Goram would reach a higher plane of achievement.

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The paintings consist of a series of flat planes.

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3.1

a flat surface in which a straight line between any two points will lie completely on that surface

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4

a tool used for making wooden surfaces smooth, that has a flat bottom with a sharp blade in it

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Definition plane in British English