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lightplane

lightplane noun: a small, lightweight aeroplane.

Noun

lightplane (plural lightplanes)

  1. A small, lightweight aeroplane.
    • Devices have been perfected which will permit a lightplane to drop packages of spare parts or medical supplies without damage in locations where even a lightplane cannot land, such as lumber camps.1939, Wolfgang Langewiesche, Lightplane Flying, page 57

Forms of lightplane

plurallightplanes

Origin of lightplane

From light + plane.

Questions about lightplane

What does lightplane mean?
Lightplane means a small, lightweight aeroplane.
What part of speech is lightplane?
Lightplane is a noun.
What is the plural of lightplane?
The plural of lightplane is lightplanes.

Words near lightplane in the dictionary

  1. lightpapers
  2. lightpath
  3. lightpaths
  4. lightpen
  5. lightpens
  6. lightplane
  7. lightplanes
  8. lightpole
  9. lightpoles
  10. lightpost
  11. lightposts

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