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paper airplane

paper airplane noun: a toy airplane made by folding up a sheet of paper.

paper airplane: a toy airplane made by folding up a sheet of paper
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Noun

paper airplane (plural paper airplanes)

  1. (US) A toy airplane made by folding up a sheet of paper.
    Synonyms:
    paper plane, paper flier, paper flyer, paper dart, dart
  2. (US) An aircraft under development (so named because it remains only on paper to date; a tongue-in-cheek sense with acknowledgment of the original sense).
    Synonyms:
    paper plane

paper airplane meaning in Tagalog, Arabic, Malay and Thai

paper airplane in Tagalog

toy airplane made by folding up a sheet of paper
eroplanong papel

paper airplane in Arabic

toy airplane made by folding up a sheet of paper
طَائِرَة وَرَقِيَّة

paper airplane in Malay

toy airplane made by folding up a sheet of paper
kapal terbang kertas

paper airplane in Thai

toy airplane made by folding up a sheet of paper
เครื่องบินกระดาษ krʉ̂ʉang-bin-grà-dàat

Synonyms of paper airplane

Forms of paper airplane

pluralpaper airplanes

Questions about paper airplane

What does paper airplane mean?
Paper airplane means a toy airplane made by folding up a sheet of paper.
What is paper airplane in Tagalog?
Paper airplane in Tagalog is eroplanong papel. See Paper airplane meaning in Tagalog.
What part of speech is paper airplane?
Paper airplane is a noun.
What is the plural of paper airplane?
The plural of paper airplane is paper airplanes.

Words near paper airplane in the dictionary

  1. Papenfuss
  2. Papenfusses
  3. paper
  4. paper aeroplane
  5. paper aeroplanes
  6. paper airplane
  7. paper airplanes
  8. paper anniversaries
  9. paper anniversary
  10. paper bag
  11. paper bag job

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