Travel / A1

PLAYN/pleɪn/

A vehicle in the sky that carries people: a plane (British also: aeroplane). Get on the plane / the plane to Lahore. Airport is the place; plane is the machine. By plane is the travel phrase. Plain (simple, not fancy) is a different spelling.

Meaning

A vehicle that flies in the air and carries people.

Examples

• “The plane leaves at nine.”
• “Our plane was late.”
• “Is this the plane to Manchester?”

Good to know

by plane / get on the plane. Place: airport. Not plain (simple).

Near in meaning

aeroplane

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