tiltwing

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noun

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

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Meanings

nountiltwing (plural tiltwings)

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.

Origin

From tilt + wing.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

twitling
Cite this entry
APA

tiltwing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tiltwing

MLA

“tiltwing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tiltwing. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tiltwing,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tiltwing.

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