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jet

noun · verb · adjective

Simple meaning

A collimated stream, spurt or flow of liquid or gas from a pressurized container.

Pronunciation

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jeht
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IPA pronunciation (US)

ˈdʒɛt

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Word Review

Definition

Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.

noun

  1. A collimated stream, spurt or flow of liquid or gas from a pressurized container, an engine, etc.

  2. aviation

    An airplane powered by one or more jet engines

  3. An engine that propels a vehicle using a stream of fluid as propulsion.

  4. A spout or nozzle for creating a jet of fluid.

  5. aviation

    A type of airplane using jet engines rather than propellers.

  6. A rocket engine.

verb

  1. Issue in a jet; come out in a jet; stream or spring forth

  2. Fly a jet plane

  3. intransitive

    To travel on a jet aircraft or otherwise by jet propulsion

  4. intransitive

    To spray out of a container.

  5. transitive

    To spray with liquid from a container.

  6. To strut; to walk with a lofty or haughty gait; to be insolent; to obtrude.

adjective

  1. Propelled by turbine engines.

  2. Very dark black in colour.

Word at a Glance

Difficulty
A2 · Elementary (estimated)
Frequency
Common
Typical Use
General English

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Common Patterns and Combinations

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Collimated / engine

jet aircraftjet streamwater jet

Carburetor

jet fuel

Other combinations

jet propulsionjet enginejet lagjet fighter

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Word Family

Related forms, grouped by how they connect.

Compound terms

Established multiword terms.

  • ink-jet printernounCompound term

    A printer that produces characters by projecting electrically charged droplets of ink.

  • jet-propelledadjectiveCompound term

    Propelled by (or as if propelled by) a jet engine.

  • jet-propelled planenounCompound term

    An airplane powered by one or more jet engines.

  • jet blacknounCompound term

    A very dark black.

  • jet bridgenounCompound term

    An extendible bridge for loading passengers onto large commercial airplanes.

  • jet enginenounCompound term

    A gas turbine produces a stream of hot gas that propels a jet plane by reaction propulsion.

Related words

Connected by subject or meaning, not by word formation.

  • ramjet enginenounRelated term

    A simple type of jet engine.

  • turbojet enginenounRelated term

    A jet engine in which a fan driven by a turbine provides extra air to the burner and gives extra thrust.

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Synonyms

noun

Sense: collimated stream or spurt or flow of liquid

jet plane

verb

Sense: issue in a jet

spurtspirtRare

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