Definition of "aeroplane"

(aviation, UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, India, Singapore, Canada, Hong Kong, Malaysia) Synonym of airplane. A powered heavier-than-air aircraft with fixed wings.  examples

(aeronautics, archaic, obsolete) Synonym of airfoil. An aerodynamic surface.

Any of various nymphalid butterflies, of various genera, having a slow gliding flight. Also called planes.  examples

(intransitive) To fly in an aeroplane.  examples

(transitive) To transport by aeroplane.  quotations  examples