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tiltwing

tiltwing noun: a kind of aircraft featuring a wing that is horizontal for conventional forward flight and rotates up for vertical takeoff and landing.

Noun

tiltwing (plural tiltwings)

  1. A kind of aircraft featuring a wing that is horizontal for conventional forward flight and rotates up for vertical takeoff and landing.

Forms of tiltwing

pluraltiltwings

Origin of tiltwing

From tilt + wing.

Questions about tiltwing

What does tiltwing mean?
Tiltwing means a kind of aircraft featuring a wing that is horizontal for conventional forward flight and rotates up for vertical takeoff and landing.
What part of speech is tiltwing?
Tiltwing is a noun.
What is the plural of tiltwing?
The plural of tiltwing is tiltwings.

Words near tiltwing in the dictionary

  1. tiltoramas
  2. tiltrotor
  3. tiltrotors
  4. tilts
  5. tilts at windmills
  6. tiltwing
  7. tiltwings
  8. tilty
  9. tiltyard
  10. tiltyards
  11. tiludronate

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