English Explanatory Dictionary

paper airplane

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A toy airplane made by folding up a sheet of paper.
  2. 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).

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-paper airplane.wav

Word forms

paper airplane paper airplanes

Synonyms

paper plane paper flier paper flyer paper dart dart

Related words

paper aeroplane aerogami vaporware
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