airline








noun

  1. Aeronautics.
    1. a system furnishing air transport, usually scheduled, between specified points.
    2. the airplanes, airports, etc., of such a system.
    3. Often airlines.a company that owns or operates such a system.
  2. a direct line; beeline.
  3. an airhose used to pipe air to a deep-sea diver, pneumatic drill, etc.

adjective

  1. of or on an airline.

adjective

  1. straight; direct; traveling a direct route: Some railroads advertise air-line routes between stations.

noun

    1. a system or organization that provides scheduled flights for passengers or cargo
    2. (as modifier)an airline pilot
  1. a hose or tube carrying air under pressure
  2. mainly US a beeline
n.

also air-line, 1813, “beeline, straight line from place to place” (as through the air, rather than over terrain; in later 19c. especially in reference to railways that ran directly between big cities in the U.S. instead of meandering from town to town in search of stock subscriptions as early railways typically did), from air (n.1) + line (n.). Meaning “public aircraft transportation company” is from 1914.

58 queries 0.573