airframe

noun/ˈɛrfreɪm/

Frequency rank: #17,207 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

The structural body of an aircraft, excluding the engine and other systems.

Illustration for the English word “airframe”

Example sentence

The engineers carefully inspected the airframe for signs of metal fatigue before the flight.

Synonyms & related words

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