Air Travel Trivia – Glossary

aircraft (plural aircraft) noun [count]
a plane, helicopter, or other vehicle that flies.
airline noun [count]
a company that owns aircraft and takes people or goods by plane from one place to another
assassinate verb [transitive]
to kill an important person deliberately
assassination noun [count or uncount]
associate verb [transitive]
if one thing is associated with another, they are
connected:
The problem is often associated with heavy drinking.
be based in verb
to have somewhere as your main office or place of work, or the place where you live:
Our parent company is based in Osaka.
collapsible adjective
able to be folded into a smaller size:
a collapsible bicycle
condor noun
a large black and white bird that lives in South
America and eats dead animals
giraffe noun [count]
a tall African animal that has a very long neck and very long legs
handle noun [count]
the part of something that you use for holding it: a door handle
land verb [intransitive or transitive]
if an aircraft lands, or if you land it, it comes down to the ground
The plane landed a couple of hours before dawn.
main adjective
most important, or largest:
The main entrance to the building is on George
Street.
maple noun [count]
a tree that grows mainly in northern countries and has wide leaves that turn red and yellow in  the autumn


named after phrasal verb
to give someone or something the same name as someone or something else:
Albert was named after his grandfather.
obtain verb [transitive]
to get something that you want or need:
She has to obtain her father's permission before she does anything.
palm tree noun [count]
a tropical tree without branches that has large wide leaves growing from the top of its trunk
patent noun [count]
an official document that gives someone who has invented something the legal right to make or sell that thing for a particular period of time, and prevents anyone else from doing so
patent verb [transitive]
to get a patent for something
peacock noun [count]
a large brightly-colored male bird with long blue-green tail feathers that it can spread out and up
record verb [transitive]
to make a record of something that has happened, usually by writing it down:
They were asked to record the time at which the
attack happened.
resistance noun [singular]
a secret organization that fights against the group that controls their country
shoot verb [transitive]
to hit someone or something with a bullet from a gun:
The man was shot in the head as he left the bar.
solo adjective, adverb
done by one person alone
take off [phrasal verb]
if an aircraft takes off, it leaves the ground and
starts to fly
transatlantic adjective
crossing the Atlantic Ocean