AIRLINE

airline, airline business, airway

(noun) a commercial enterprise that provides scheduled flights for passengers

airline, air hose

(noun) a hose that carries air under pressure

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

airline (plural airlines)

A company that flies airplanes to transport people and goods.

Usage notes

• Not to be confused with an air line, i.e, a route taken by flight.

Synonyms

• air carrier

• airway or airways

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

26 April 2024

CITYSCAPE

(noun) a viewpoint toward a city or other heavily populated area; “the dominant character of the cityscape is it poverty”


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Coffee Trivia

In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.

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