lightplane

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noun

A small, lightweight aeroplane.

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Meanings

nounlightplane (plural lightplanes)

plural lightplanes

  1. A small, lightweight aeroplane.

    Devices have been perfected which will permit a lightplane to drop packages of spare parts or medical supplies without damage in locations where even a lightplane cannot land, such as lumber camps.

    1939, Wolfgang Langewiesche, Lightplane Flying, page 57

Origin

From light + plane.

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APA

lightplane. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lightplane

MLA

“lightplane.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lightplane. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lightplane,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lightplane.

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