jet

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Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

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Definition

  1. noun an airplane powered by one or more jet engines
  2. noun the occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid)
  3. noun a hard black form of lignite that takes a brilliant polish and is used in jewelry or ornamentation

Etymology

Borrowed from French jet (“spurt”, literally “a throw”), from Old French get, giet, from Vulgar Latin *iectus, jectus, from Latin iactus (“a throwing, a throw”), from iacere (“to throw”). See abject, ejaculate, gist, jess, jut. Cognate with Spanish echar.

In classic literature

Synonyms

jet plane, jet-propelled plane

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