aircraft
noun
air·craft
ˈer-ˌkraft 
plural aircraft
often attributive
: a vehicle (such as an airplane or balloon) for traveling through the air
Examples of aircraft in a Sentence
a company that manufactures aircraft
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Ken Roberts, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
Jeffrey Goldberg, editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, was mistakenly added to the Signal chat, which included sensitive details such as strike timing and aircraft deployment.
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Ken Roberts, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
Jeffrey Goldberg, editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, was mistakenly added to the Signal chat, which included sensitive details such as strike timing and aircraft deployment.
—Lee Habeeb, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Apr. 2025
Beijing first released rules for unmanned aircraft flight — vehicles without a pilot on board — in June 2023.
—Dylan Butts,evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 4 Apr. 2025
But the central technology here is both fascinating and a potentially big advantage in these early days of electric vertical takeoff aircraft.
—New Atlas, 3 Apr. 2025
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“Aircraft.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/aircraft. Accessed 9 Apr. 2025.
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aircraft
noun
air·craft
ˈa(ə)r-ˌkraft
ˈe(ə)r-
plural aircraft
: a machine (as an airplane, glider, or helicopter) that can travel through the air and that is supported either by its own buoyancy or by the action of the air against its surfaces
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