JET


Meaning of JET in English

noun

1 plane with a jet engine

ADJECTIVE

▪ jumbo

▪ supersonic

▪ regional ( esp. AmE )

▪ commercial , passenger

▪ private

▪ business , corporate , executive

▪ charter , chartered

▪ holiday ( BrE )

▪ cargo

▪ air-force , fighter , military

▪ low-flying ( esp. BrE )

VERB + JET

▪ fly , pilot

▪ charter

▪ hijack

▪ scramble

▪ board

He was photographed boarding his private ~.

▪ land

The pilot had to land the ~ in a field.

JET + VERB

▪ fly

▪ take off

▪ land

▪ crash , explode

JET + NOUN

▪ aircraft , airliner , airplane ( AmE ), bomber , fighter , liner , plane

▪ engine

▪ fuel

▪ pilot

PREPOSITION

▪ by ~

Australia was a mere couple of hours away by ~.

She was flown by private ~ to the capital.

▪ in a/the ~

He flew to Bermuda in his private ~.

2 stream of gas, water, etc.

ADJECTIVE

▪ air , gas , water

PREPOSITION

▪ ~ of

Little ~s of steam spurted from the engine.

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