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multiengine

multiengine adjective: having more than one engine.

Adjective

multiengine (not comparable)

  1. Having more than one engine.
    • a multiengine truck

Noun

multiengine (plural multiengines)

  1. An aircraft with more than one engine.
    • Pilots, mechanics, and students gather, sit on benches, lean against walls, listening to stories of Tony Fokker's genius, the safety of multiengines, the efficiency of thick airfoils.2003, Charles A. Lindbergh, The Spirit of St. Louis, page 27

Forms of multiengine

Adjective
alternative formmulti-engine
Noun
pluralmultiengines

Origin of multiengine

From multi- + engine.

Questions about multiengine

What does multiengine mean?
Multiengine means having more than one engine.
What part of speech is multiengine?
Multiengine can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near multiengine in the dictionary

  1. multielectronic
  2. multielement
  3. multielemental
  4. multiemployer
  5. multiemployers
  6. multiengine
  7. multiengined
  8. multiengines
  9. multiennial
  10. multientry
  11. multienvironment

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