plane1 nounplane2 verbplane3 adjective
planeplane1 /pleɪn/ ●●● S2 W2 noun [countable] 
WORD ORIGINplane1
Origin:
1 1900-2000 aeroplane2,5 1600-1700 Latin planum, from planus; ➔ PLAIN13 1300-1400 Old French, Late Latin plana, from planare; ➔ PLANE24 1300-1400 French, Latin platanusEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- It's quicker to go by plane.
- Let's try to keep the discussion on a friendly plane.
- It has nothing to do with that plane you are still thinking about.
- That day also, Bert Hall shot down a plane and was wounded.
- Their vast horizontal planes of activity could then provide a substitute horizon.
- To simplify the figure, its effect is shown on a projection of the cusp on to a horizontal plane.
THESAURUS
(also aeroplane British English), airplane American English a vehicle that flies in the air and has wings and at least one engine: · The plane took off from John F Kennedy airport.· a passenger plane carrying over 300 people
a plane or other vehicle that can fly. Aircraft sounds more formal than plane: · Smoking is not allowed on board the aircraft.· He was trained to fly military aircraft.
a fast plane with a jet engine: · She owns a private jet.
a large plane that carries people: · a commercial airliner
military planes a plane that carries and drops bombs: · The town was attacked by US and British bombers.
a small fast military plane that can destroy other planes: · The plane was shot down by enemy fighters.· He was a fighter pilot during the war.
a military plane that is used for fighting in the air or for dropping bombs: · The area had been bombed by US warplanes.
people on a plane someone who operates the controls of a plane: · an airline pilot· He has a pilot’s licence.
a pilot who shares the control of a plane with the main pilot: · The pilot became ill, and the co-pilot had to land the plane.
the pilot who is in charge of an aircraft: · This is your captain speaking. We will be arriving at Gatwick Airport in approximately 10 minutes.
all the people who work on a plane during a flight: · The flight crew asked for permission to land at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport.
the people whose job is to serve food and drinks to passengers on a plane: · The cabin crew will be serving drinks shortly.
someone whose job is to serve food and drink to passengers on a plane: · The flight attendant told him to go back to his seat.
a man/woman whose job is to serve food and drinks to passengers on a plane: · I asked the stewardess if I could have a blanket.
Longman Language Activatordifferent ways of travelling to travel in a car: · "How are you going to get there?" "I'm driving."drive to/from: · Jenny drove to the coast for the weekend.
to travel by plane: · My mother never liked flying.fly to/from etc: · We'll be flying from New York to Munich.
to travel by boat or ship: · We sail first thing in the morningsail to/from: · He sailed from Southampton on May 6th.
travelling in a car, boat, plane, or train: · "Did you come by car?" "No, by train."· Some of the beaches can only be reached by boat.· We didn't have much time, so we decided to go by plane.
if you go somewhere on foot , you walk there: · The two men had attempted to cross the mountains on foot.
if you take a train, bus, or plane, you travel in it: · What's the best way to get downtown? Should I take a bus?· Take the subway to Montgomery Station and walk from there.
if you travel by air , by sea , or by land you travel by plane, in a boat, or on land: · It's much quicker if you go by air, but it's also more expensive.· Troops entered the region by land and sea.
by train, car, bus etc, especially over a long distance, when people would normally go by plane or ship: · It's certainly quicker to fly but we thought it would be more exciting to go overland.
also hitch a ride American to travel by standing by the side of the road asking people in cars to stop and take you to the place you want to go: · He lost all his money in a casino in Vegas and had to hitchhike back to San Francisco.· We hitched a ride with a trucker who took us all the way to the Virginia border.· It's a lot cheaper to hitch but it's also more dangerous.
the activity of travelling independently to a lot of different areas, carrying your clothes etc in a special bag on your back: · Backpacking is especially popular among students and young people.· a backpacking tripgo backpacking: · Last year, he went backpacking in the US.
WORD SETSaerial, adjectiveaero-, prefixaerobatics, nounaerodrome, nounaeronautics, nounairborne, adjectiveaircraft, nounaircrew, nounairfare, nounairfield, nounairline, nounairliner, nounair pocket, nounairport, nounairship, nounairsick, adjectiveairspace, nounairspeed, nounairstrip, nounair terminal, nounair traffic controller, nounairway, nounairworthy, adjectivealtimeter, nounapron, nounautomatic pilot, nounautopilot, nounaviation, nounaviator, nounballast, nounballoon, nounballooning, nounbank, verbbarrage balloon, nounbiplane, nounblack box, nounblimp, nounboarding card, nounboarding pass, nounbulkhead, nounbusiness class, nounbuzz, verbcabin, nouncaptain, nouncarousel, nounceiling, nouncharter flight, nouncheck-in, nounchock, nounchopper, nounchute, nounclub class, nouncontrail, nouncontrol tower, nounco-pilot, nouncowling, nouncraft, nouncrash landing, noundeparture lounge, noundepartures board, noundirigible, noundisembark, verbdive, verbeconomy class, nouneject, verbejector seat, nounfin, nounflap, nounflier, nounflight, nounflight attendant, nounflight deck, nounflight path, nounflight recorder, nounflight simulator, nounfly, verbflyby, nounflyer, nounflying, nounflypast, nounfree fall, nounfuselage, noungate, nounglider, noungliding, noungondola, nounground, verbground control, nounground crew, nounground staff, nounhangar, nounhang-glider, nounhang-gliding, nounhelicopter, nounhelicopter pad, nounheliport, nounhijacking, nounholding pattern, nounhot-air balloon, nounhydroplane, nouninbound, adjectivein-flight, adjectiveinstrument panel, nounjet, nounjet engine, nounjet-propelled, adjectivejet propulsion, nounjoystick, nounjumbo jet, nounjump jet, nounland, verblanding gear, nounlanding strip, nounlayover, nounlift, nounlight aircraft, nounlounge, nounlow-flying, adjectivemicrolight, nounmonoplane, nounnavigation, nounno-fly zone, nounnose, nounnosedive, nounnosedive, verboverfly, verbparachute, nounparachute, verbparachutist, nounpilot, nounpilot, verbpitch, nounpitch, verbplane, nounplot, verbpod, nounpressurized, adjectiveprop, nounpropeller, nounradio beacon, nounrefuel, verbripcord, nounroll, verbroll, nounrotor, nounrudder, nounrunway, nounseaplane, nounseat belt, nounshort-haul, adjectiveski plane, nounskycap, nounsonic boom, nounspoiler, nounsteward, nounstewardess, nounstrut, nounswept-back, adjectiveswoop, verbtail, nountailspin, nountake-off, nountaxi, verbterminal, nountest pilot, nounthrust, nountouchdown, nountransit lounge, nountransport plane, nounturbojet, nounturboprop, nountwin-engined, adjectiveundercarriage, nounupgrade, verbvapour trail, nounwheel, verbwindsock, nounwind tunnel, nounwing, nounwingspan, nounwingtip, nounzeppelin, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRYverbs
He was drunk when he crashed the car. My father died in a car wreck.
· She caught the first plane back to New York.
(also board a plane)· We got on the plane and found our seats.
(=goes into the air)· The flight attendants served drinks shortly after the plane took off.
(=moves safely down onto the ground)· Because of the fog, our plane had to land at Luton.
(=lands safely on the ground)· As soon as the plane touched down on the runway, I felt better.
· Several planes flew overhead.
(=moves slowly along on the ground)· The plane taxied to a halt.
· Their plane crashed shortly after take-off.
(=lands in a sudden and dangerous way because of a problem)· Their small plane crash-landed on a busy motorway yesterday.
· A plane carrying 10 civilians was shot down.
· I admire the guys who flew those planes.
(=bring it safely down onto the ground)· The pilot managed to land the plane safely on the beach.
(=land it)· He ran out of fuel and had to bring the plane down on a road leading to the village.
· Would he ever see her again after they got off the plane?
· The guerrillas shot down an Israeli fighter plane.
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + plane· He flew to Vegas in his private plane.
(=for carrying goods)· cargo planes carrying emergency supplies for victims of the earthquake
(=for carrying military equipment and soldiers)· Heavily-laden transport planes can only land if there is a long runway.
· Air Force jets intercepted two military planes that had entered the no-fly zone.
(=a small fast military plane)· fighter planes from the Second World War
· An unmanned US spy plane had been shot down.
plane + NOUN· Over 200 people died in the plane crash.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES American English (also a flying accident)· Holly died in a plane accident.
(=a train or plane that people use to travel to work in a city)· Several commuter trains were delayed because of the bad weather.
He was drunk when he crashed the car.· He was badly hurt in a car crash.
· the six-hour train journey to London
· The bus stopped and half the passengers got off.
formal (=get on it)· The first three cars were reserved for passengers boarding in Queens.
· It was recently converted from a passenger plane to cargo use.
(=used for spying)· The Americans have denied using spy satellites to spy on China.· The photographs were taken by spy planes.
· You can pick up your airline tickets at the check-in desk.
My father died in a car wreck.· The major task is now to remove the aircraft wreckage from the accident site.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE· He strove to think on a different plane of reason and insight.· It's different plane of existence, where normal space and time are somehow by passed.· The year was 1985, and Apple was on a different plane of existence than Microsoft.· The afternoon progressed, but was moved now on to a different plane, lit by the glow of expectation.· Black-jacketed on the podium, he was on a different plane from the student body, silent and scribbling at his feet.· It just shows a different plane.· First, they arrived at Edinburgh airport in different planes.
· McGeechan puts that down to identifying the likely lads early and raising their sights to higher planes.· Joe also moved to a higher social plane.· Love lives on a higher plane.· The Beta stands on a much higher plane of civilization and is more developed.· If anything, Letterman thinks, these women have a compulsion to reach a higher plane of conversation that strains credulity.· But it needs either deep inside knowledge, or real writing skills to take it to a higher plane.· The visionary places in the ordinary the elements of the eternal and raises it to a higher plane of reality.· The game generally, was on a much higher plane of skill and fitness and thought.
· The operation would use 11 military cargo planes and would eventually cost over US$200,000,000.· Joe wired his acceptance and made plans to fly up with James Forrestal on a military plane.· A fully loaded civilian plane crashes in mid-air with an armed military plane over Catterick Garrison.· The military planes were headed for Andrews, having completed a training exercise off the coast.· As many as 44 military planes and helicopters had been badly damaged, he acknowledged.· Officials are investigating Tripoli residents' reports that the airliner hit a military plane.· The simulated disaster in exercise Gryphon's Lift was a midair collision between military and civilian planes over Catterick Garrison.
· The one with the private plane.· At 8: 15 p. m., the three boarded a private plane for Palo Alto.· He drove through the night to Wick intending to cross the Pentland Firth in a small private plane.· And the planes themselves seemed small, like light private planes.· I had heard of the many mercy missions of the ruler's private planes.
· He does not like small planes.· He heard the high buzz of a small plane.· The pilot warned there would be only room for one moose on the small plane.· She does recall her apprehension about flying in a small plane, even with two experienced pilots.· He drove through the night to Wick intending to cross the Pentland Firth in a small private plane.· Early in the month, Steve Wozniak crashed his small plane on a runway in Berkeley.· A small plane, flying in under radar.
NOUN· The operation would use 11 military cargo planes and would eventually cost over US$200,000,000.· They suggest an advanced design of the C.141 Starlifter cargo plane.· These cargo planes are the modern equivalents of the tramp steamer.· That cargo plane of yours has a range of three thousand, six hundred sea miles.· The paratroops, known as Task Force Red, dropped in two waves from C-141 cargo planes.
· Hammarskjold died in a plane crash, and the former diplomat has discovered that the plane was shot at before it crashed.· It began with the death of Otis Redding in a plane crash on December 10, 1967.· At the time of the plane crash, I was a student at college.· Taylor Powell, a Hollywood heartthrob legendary for his good looks, decides to become anonymous after surviving a plane crash.· From your first message we gathered you saw the plane crash into the sea but couldn't identify it.· It takes a tragedy like the ValuJet plane crash in the Everglades to point out the error of our ways.· In what year did he die in a plane crash? 3. 3.· Is, for instance, dying in a plane crash worse than succumbing to cancer?
· Until recently F-Shed was where Jaguar fighter planes were serviced.· That incident occurred about 10 to 15 miles offshore, as the four fighter planes were returning from a training mission.· It was a photograph of a fighter plane with the pilot standing beside it.· The Navy is spending $ 83 billion on its F-18 E / F fighter plane program.· Military sources say 12 of the Internet-ready devices would be able to control missiles or unmanned fighter planes.· There are no gracefully lethal curves on this fighter plane.· Antiaircraft fire had become greatly intensified, but in my continued observations I saw no enemy fighter planes.· The plan seems to be to use airlift escorted by fighter planes.
· At one point U.S. military and intelligence services had 17 spy planes over Escobar's home city of Medellin.· The main culprit is the Pioneer, a smaller, less advanced spy plane that the Hunter was supposed to replace.· So did our successful interception of your spy plane.· They were here to defend the heavens against high-altitude spy planes.· It is a little more complicated to copy a spy plane, but George Bush has a similar problem right now.· I heard over the voice of america that they released Powers the U2 spy plane fellow.· These bats are like miniature spy planes, bristling with sophisticated instrumentation.· But everyone gave the spy plane, nicknamed the Dragon Drone, high marks for simplicity and usefulness.
· Other aircrew who died in the crash were ... In Lyneham, the transport planes were flying again today.· The Marine Corps has 24 medium lift helicopters and 12 transport planes based at the station.· It was designed to be a troop transport plane.· There they would be loaded board three transport planes and flown to Tabriz.· The camels had already seen two Junkers Tri-Motor transport planes come in, so they were not impressed by a Heinkel 111.· An occasional transport plane came in to Berna airfield at Benghazi.· They're taking in flour, grain and oil on Hercules transport planes.
· It was a beautiful cloudless morning and the canopies of the plane trees were lush and transparently golden with sunlight.· It faces out toward Dodge Hall, across gracious grounds of hedged walks and great plane trees.· She walked along to the little café, where at least the umbrellas and the plane trees gave some shade.· The plane tree above seemed dark and sinister.· The harbour quay, shaded by plane trees and filled with tables, is the village social centre.· There, in the secret shade of the plane tree.· Sun shone, warm breezes blew, and the plane trees behind the Cages grew greener and more leafy with each hour.· Or the nannies and the nursemaids who lately pushed their prams up and down, and gossiped under the plane trees?
· Twistor techniques may also be developed to generate colliding plane wave solutions.· This is an interesting theorem which seems to prove the existence of singularities for a large class of colliding plane waves.· Most of these methods can be applied also to the colliding plane wave situation.· This has plane wave solutions which are transverse waves travelling with velocity c, properties that electromagnetic waves also possess.· All three types of singularity are found in colliding plane wave solutions.· In terms of colliding plane waves, these solutions all involve approaching waves with initial impulsive components.· The second Yurtsever and the Feinstein-Ibañez solutions For colliding plane wave solutions, we are considering space-times with two space-like Killing vectors.
VERB· Her parents offered no explanation when police boarded their plane at Chicago airport yesterday to arrest them for abandoning their children.· This Monday, a week after the Dow took a dive, Reid boards the plane for Maui.· At the very least you may want to skip that last cigarette before you board the plane.· She did, though, and we boarded the plane together.· Their answers are carefully considered before they are allowed to board their plane.· She was booked on to a flight arriving in London at midday but failed to board the plane.· At 8: 15 p. m., the three boarded a private plane for Palo Alto.
· I want to build a plane to escape but I can't find the books I need.· The Air Force ultimately decided not to build such a plane.· The Philadelphia consultants said factories that built war planes could just as easily produce toy planes.
· In the afternoon he ran through light rain to buy a plane ticket home.· As well as eight 747-400s, the carrier bought 24 planes from Airbus.· All because she didn't have the money to buy a plane ticket or even a bus ticket.· It will buy the planes between next year and 2001.· His fundamental mistake was not only to buy all his planes, but to buy them only on borrowed money.· Other airlines are also out there buying planes.· You can buy a jet plane and lease it to the airlines.· She bought a one-way plane ticket to terra incognita: the United States.
· The only chance was to catch the overnight plane.· He caught a plane last night.· Arriving late to find all moving stairways were out of order a panicky half mile sprint was needed to catch our plane.· She caught the first plane back to New York.· When I heard she was with you, I caught the next plane to Nice.· Had they seen Saturday's encounter, the Kiwis might have been tempted to catch a plane home.· I have a guest house where you can stay and I will make sure you catch your planes.· By the time she was discovered, it would be too late for her to catch the plane.
· Hammarskjold died in a plane crash, and the former diplomat has discovered that the plane was shot at before it crashed.· Most think she crashed somewhere near Howland and died when her plane sank.· The 55-year-old family man who ran a butcher's shop in Bridge Street, died in the Pulsar plane he had built.· Barley died in a plane crash in Orlando last summer.· In what year did he die in a plane crash? 3. 3.· Is, for instance, dying in a plane crash worse than succumbing to cancer?· When he died in the plane crash I cried all day.
· Underwater wrecks are strewn along the coast and downed planes and tanks emerge from the jungle overgrowth.· Airlines have separate insurance for the passengers and for the downed plane.· S.-fired missile downed the plane.
· I have flown my plane with cadged army fuel six hundred miles.· For every 100, 000 hours flown, seven planes were crashing-many because of faulty maintenance.· The wives might not have quite as glamorous a job as their husbands flying the planes.· She does recall her apprehension about flying in a small plane, even with two experienced pilots.· And yet again, Charles insisted on flying on the same plane as his sons William and Harry.· He can fly a plane backwards.· No pilot, no matter how good, can fly the plane without electronic help.· Again he flew the plane with his knees and again he nailed his wolf with one shot.
· This system could interpret the nerve signals precisely enough to pick up the fine arm movement needed to land a plane safely.· Yet the mob somehow aborts the landing and pulls the plane up sensibly.· The trials also involved asking a pilot to land a damaged plane using the flight simulator.· The pilot was able to land the plane, and no one was hurt.· The anonymous pilot displayed skill and nerve to land the crippled plane at screeching high speed at the city's National Airport.
· That day also, Bert Hall shot down a plane and was wounded.· The accidental shooting down of a plane carrying civilians would be a disaster for Western policy.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► put somebody on a train/plane etc
1- I should be able to catch the 12:05 train.
- Kevin catches the bus home on Mondays and Wednesdays.
- After the debate, they dined on hamburgers and talked sports at a local joint before catching a train back to Washington.
- Chris and Patrick had caught a train to London and taken a taxi straight to Richie's flat.
- He caught a plane last night.
- I could catch a bus back into town.
- Maybe she had caught a train to New Rochelle.
- Peter arranged a taxi to Victoria for me to catch a train to Gatwick and the last flight to Edinburgh.
- The second time I caught a bus to the coast.
- They returned to their hotel, packed their bags, and left for Penn Station to catch a train for Washington.
- Elated, Daley and Sis hopped a plane for a vacation in the Florida Keys.
- He would just hop trains and stuff.
- Receiving assurances that there was no ethnic dimension to the role he had been offered, Hoch hopped a plane headed west.
aircraft a vehicle that flies in the air and has wings and at least one engine: It is a big airline with a large fleet of planes. It’s much quicker to go by plane. She slept on the plane.2level a level or standard of thought, conversation etc: The two newspapers are on completely different intellectual planes.3tool a tool that has a flat bottom with a sharp blade in it, used for making wooden surfaces smooth4tree a plane tree5surface technical a completely flat surface in geometryGRAMMAR: Patterns with plane• You usually say get on a plane: · I got on a plane at 6.15 and arrived in Chicago at 10.• You can also say get in a plane: · Everyone got in the plane and found their seats• You usually say get off a plane: · We were tired when we got off the plane. ‘Get out of’ is much less common.• You usually say that someone is on a plane: · Take something to read on the plane.• You can also say they are in a plane: · Have you ever flown in a plane?• You go somewhere by plane: · It takes five hours by rail or an hour by plane.• Say go by plane or just fly. ✗Don’t say: fly by planeCOLLOCATIONSverbscatch/take a plane· She caught the first plane back to New York.get on a plane (also board a plane)· We got on the plane and found our seats.a plane takes off (=goes into the air)· The flight attendants served drinks shortly after the plane took off.a plane lands (=moves safely down onto the ground)· Because of the fog, our plane had to land at Luton.a plane touches down (=lands safely on the ground)· As soon as the plane touched down on the runway, I felt better.a plane flies· Several planes flew overhead.a plane taxies (=moves slowly along on the ground)· The plane taxied to a halt.a plane crashes· Their plane crashed shortly after take-off.a plane crash-lands (=lands in a sudden and dangerous way because of a problem)· Their small plane crash-landed on a busy motorway yesterday.a plane carries passengers· A plane carrying 10 civilians was shot down.fly/pilot a plane· I admire the guys who flew those planes.land a plane (=bring it safely down onto the ground)· The pilot managed to land the plane safely on the beach.bring a plane down (=land it)· He ran out of fuel and had to bring the plane down on a road leading to the village.get off a plane· Would he ever see her again after they got off the plane?shoot down a plane· The guerrillas shot down an Israeli fighter plane.ADJECTIVES/NOUN + planea private plane· He flew to Vegas in his private plane.a cargo plane (=for carrying goods)· cargo planes carrying emergency supplies for victims of the earthquakea transport plane (=for carrying military equipment and soldiers)· Heavily-laden transport planes can only land if there is a long runway.a military plane· Air Force jets intercepted two military planes that had entered the no-fly zone.a fighter plane (=a small fast military plane)· fighter planes from the Second World Wara spy plane· An unmanned US spy plane had been shot down.plane + NOUNa plane crash· Over 200 people died in the plane crash.THESAURUSplane (also aeroplane British English), airplane American English a vehicle that flies in the air and has wings and at least one engine: · The plane took off from John F Kennedy airport.· a passenger plane carrying over 300 peopleaircraft a plane or other vehicle that can fly. Aircraft sounds more formal than plane: · Smoking is not allowed on board the aircraft.· He was trained to fly military aircraft.jet a fast plane with a jet engine: · She owns a private jet.airliner a large plane that carries people: · a commercial airlinermilitary planesbomber a plane that carries and drops bombs: · The town was attacked by US and British bombers.fighter (plane) a small fast military plane that can destroy other planes: · The plane was shot down by enemy fighters.· He was a fighter pilot during the war.warplane a military plane that is used for fighting in the air or for dropping bombs: · The area had been bombed by US warplanes.people on a planepilot someone who operates the controls of a plane: · an airline pilot· He has a pilot’s licence.co-pilot a pilot who shares the control of a plane with the main pilot: · The pilot became ill, and the co-pilot had to land the plane.captain the pilot who is in charge of an aircraft: · This is your captain speaking. We will be arriving at Gatwick Airport in approximately 10 minutes.the flight crew all the people who work on a plane during a flight: · The flight crew asked for permission to land at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport.the cabin crew the people whose job is to serve food and drinks to passengers on a plane: · The cabin crew will be serving drinks shortly.flight attendant someone whose job is to serve food and drink to passengers on a plane: · The flight attendant told him to go back to his seat.steward/stewardess a man/woman whose job is to serve food and drinks to passengers on a plane: · I asked the stewardess if I could have a blanket.plane1 nounplane2 verbplane3 adjective
planeplane2 verb [transitive] WORD ORIGINplane2
Origin:
1300-1400 French planer, from Late Latin planare, from Latin planus; ➔ PLAIN1VERB TABLE
plane
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | plane |
| he, she, it | planes | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | planed |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have planed |
| he, she, it | has planed | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had planed |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will plane |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have planed |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am planing |
| he, she, it | is planing | |
| you, we, they | are planing | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was planing |
| you, we, they | were planing | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been planing |
| he, she, it | has been planing | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been planing |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be planing |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been planing |
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
- Joints have to fit exactly and surfaces are planed to the millimetre or the defects are painfully audible.
- Mark then spent a week on the waterfront carefully planing down the telegraph poles to the right shape.
- Seagulls swooped and planed overhead laying raucous claim to some scrap of food in the possession of one of them.
WORD SETS
aggregate, nounalloy, nounamber, nounanneal, verbarc welding, nounasbestos, nounassay, verbautomaker, nounaviation, nounBakelite, nounbasketry, nounbenzene, nounbevel, nounbiodegradable, adjectiveblast, verbblast furnace, nounboom, nounboom town, nounbore, verbbore, nounborehole, nounby-product, nouncane, nouncast, verbcasting, nouncedar, nounchipboard, nounchippings, nouncoalface, nouncollier, nouncolliery, nounconcentrate, nouncondenser, nounconstruction, nounconstructor, nounconverter, nouncork, nouncottage industry, nouncross-grained, adjectivecrude, adjectivedeskill, verbdetonate, verbdetonator, noundetoxification, noundevelopment, noundie, noundie casting, noundiesel, noundiesel fuel, noundiggings, noundrill, verbdrive, verbelectronics, nounend product, nounepoxy resin, nounextrude, verbfabricate, verbfabrication, nounforge, nounfound, verbfoundry, nounglass fibre, noungoldmine, nounground glass, nounhigh technology, nounindustrial, adjectiveindustrial archaeology, nounindustrialism, nounindustrialist, nounindustrialization, nouningot, nouninstallation, nounjute, nounlaminate, nounlaminated, adjectivelaser, nounlatex, nounlight industry, nounlime, nounlode, nounlow-tech, adjectivelubricant, nounlubricate, verbmacadam, nounmacerate, verbmachine, verbmachine tool, nounmachinist, nounmaker, nounmanganese, nounmanufacture, verbmanufacture, nounmasonry, nounmaterial, nounmatrix, nounmeat-packing, nounmetal, nounmetal fatigue, nounmetallic, adjectivemetallurgy, nounmetalwork, nounmill, verbmine, nounmine, verbminer, nounmining, nounmodular, adjectivemodule, nounmolten, adjectivemolybdenum, nounmortise, nounmother lode, nounmould, verbmoulding, nounochre, nounoff-cut, nounoil, nounoil paint, nounopencast, adjectiveoxyacetylene, nounpackaging, nounpaint stripper, nounpaintwork, nounpaling, nounpallet, nounpan, nounpanelling, nounpanel pin, nounpaper, adjectivepapier mâché, nounpatent leather, nounperfumery, nounpit, nounpitch, nounpithead, nounplane, verbplant, nounplywood, nounpost-industrial, adjectiveprocess, nounproduce, verbproduct, nounproduction, nounproductivity, nounpulp, verbpump, verbPVC, nounquarry, nounquartz, nounready-made, adjectiverefine, verbrefined, adjectivereprocess, verbroller, nounrough-hewn, adjectiverubber, nounsafety lamp, nounsandblast, verbsealskin, nounshaft, nounshavings, nounsheeting, nounsheet metal, nounshipbuilder, nounskilled, adjectiveslag, nounslag heap, nounsludge, nounslurry, nounsmelt, verbsmith, nounsmithy, nounsmokestack, nounsmokestack industry, nounsoftwood, nounsolder, nounsolder, verbsoldering iron, nounspirit level, nounspray paint, nounsteam, nounsteel, nounstrip mine, nounStyrofoam, nounsunrise industry, nounsynthesis, nounsynthesize, verbtannery, nountemper, verbtensile strength, nountextile, nounthree-ply, adjectiveunrefined, adjectiveunvarnished, adjectiveupright, nounvarnish, nounvat, nounvinyl, nounvulcanize, verbwarehouse, nounwattle, nounwax, nounwaxen, adjectivewaxy, adjectiveweld, verbweld, nounwelder, nounwickerwork, nounwire, nounwood, nounwood pulp, nounwork, verbworking, nounworkshop, nounwrought iron, nounyarn, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES He was drunk when he crashed the car. My father died in a car wreck.
American English (also a flying accident)· Holly died in a plane accident.
(=a train or plane that people use to travel to work in a city)· Several commuter trains were delayed because of the bad weather.
He was drunk when he crashed the car.· He was badly hurt in a car crash.
· the six-hour train journey to London
· The bus stopped and half the passengers got off.
formal (=get on it)· The first three cars were reserved for passengers boarding in Queens.
· It was recently converted from a passenger plane to cargo use.
(=used for spying)· The Americans have denied using spy satellites to spy on China.· The photographs were taken by spy planes.
· You can pick up your airline tickets at the check-in desk.
My father died in a car wreck.· The major task is now to remove the aircraft wreckage from the accident site.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB· The face of the rail has to be planed down until it lines up flush with both front and back legs.
NOUN· All the fighter planes the Pentagon wants to build would cost up to $ 16 billion a year, he says.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► put somebody on a train/plane etc
if you plane a piece of wood, you make it smoother or smaller, using a plane: - I should be able to catch the 12:05 train.
- Kevin catches the bus home on Mondays and Wednesdays.
- After the debate, they dined on hamburgers and talked sports at a local joint before catching a train back to Washington.
- Chris and Patrick had caught a train to London and taken a taxi straight to Richie's flat.
- He caught a plane last night.
- I could catch a bus back into town.
- Maybe she had caught a train to New Rochelle.
- Peter arranged a taxi to Victoria for me to catch a train to Gatwick and the last flight to Edinburgh.
- The second time I caught a bus to the coast.
- They returned to their hotel, packed their bags, and left for Penn Station to catch a train for Washington.
- Elated, Daley and Sis hopped a plane for a vacation in the Florida Keys.
- He would just hop trains and stuff.
- Receiving assurances that there was no ethnic dimension to the role he had been offered, Hoch hopped a plane headed west.
He planed the edge of the door.plane1 nounplane2 verbplane3 adjective
planeplane3 adjective [only before noun] WORD ORIGINplane3
Origin:
1500-1600 Latin planus; ➔ PLAIN1COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES He was drunk when he crashed the car. My father died in a car wreck.
American English (also a flying accident)· Holly died in a plane accident.
(=a train or plane that people use to travel to work in a city)· Several commuter trains were delayed because of the bad weather.
He was drunk when he crashed the car.· He was badly hurt in a car crash.
· the six-hour train journey to London
· The bus stopped and half the passengers got off.
formal (=get on it)· The first three cars were reserved for passengers boarding in Queens.
· It was recently converted from a passenger plane to cargo use.
(=used for spying)· The Americans have denied using spy satellites to spy on China.· The photographs were taken by spy planes.
· You can pick up your airline tickets at the check-in desk.
My father died in a car wreck.· The major task is now to remove the aircraft wreckage from the accident site.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN· But then the plane crash happened and now I may retire even sooner.· Redding was just 26 when he died in a 1967 plane crash near Madison, Wis.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► put somebody on a train/plane etc
technical completely flat and smooth: - I should be able to catch the 12:05 train.
- Kevin catches the bus home on Mondays and Wednesdays.
- After the debate, they dined on hamburgers and talked sports at a local joint before catching a train back to Washington.
- Chris and Patrick had caught a train to London and taken a taxi straight to Richie's flat.
- He caught a plane last night.
- I could catch a bus back into town.
- Maybe she had caught a train to New Rochelle.
- Peter arranged a taxi to Victoria for me to catch a train to Gatwick and the last flight to Edinburgh.
- The second time I caught a bus to the coast.
- They returned to their hotel, packed their bags, and left for Penn Station to catch a train for Washington.
- Elated, Daley and Sis hopped a plane for a vacation in the Florida Keys.
- He would just hop trains and stuff.
- Receiving assurances that there was no ethnic dimension to the role he had been offered, Hoch hopped a plane headed west.
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