wide-body

noun

ˈwīd-ˌbä-dē How to pronounce wide-body (audio)
: a large jet aircraft characterized by a wide cabin

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The new layout on the wide-body plane features 144 premium seats, including 70 lie-flat seats with sliding doors in its Flagship Suite section at the front of the plane. — Michele Luhn, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2026 For flights using a wide-body plane, American Airlines flies exclusively Boeing aircrafts. — Maven Navarro, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Sep. 2026 China is expected to launch a more modest plane, the C929 – a 280-seat long-range wide-body jet – by 2030, as well as having several other aircraft in the works. — New Atlas, 28 Aug. 2026 That phone is the successor to last year’s Galaxy Z Fold 7, but the Z Fold 8 is new—the company’s first wide-body foldable designed for media over multitasking. — ArsTechnica, 22 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for wide-body

Word History

First Known Use

1979, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of wide-body was in 1979

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“Wide-body.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wide-body. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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