: an aircraft with two main supporting surfaces usually placed one above the other
Examples of biplane in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
In recent times, the show’s numbers — to say nothing of its cultural relevance — have been on the same spiraling trajectory as that biplane Cruise dangled from in the latest Mission: Impossible movie.
—
Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 18 June 2025
On Thursday, Paramount unveiled new behind-the-scenes footage of the stunt, which occurs in the film after Cruise's Ethan Hunt goes toe-to-toe with Gabriel (Esai Morales) in a high-flying biplane sequence where Ethan transfers from one airplane to another.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 5 June 2025
After Gabriel meets a gory fate at the business end of a biplane rudder, Ethan does his poison pill move and jumps but free-falls and flails frightfully for quite a bit of time before an emergency parachute saves him.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 25 May 2025
Coleman spent seven months learning loop-de-loops and banking turns in a Nieuport 82, a French biplane used for training.
—Victor Luckerson, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for biplane
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 18 June 2025
On Thursday, Paramount unveiled new behind-the-scenes footage of the stunt, which occurs in the film after Cruise's Ethan Hunt goes toe-to-toe with Gabriel (Esai Morales) in a high-flying biplane sequence where Ethan transfers from one airplane to another.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 5 June 2025
After Gabriel meets a gory fate at the business end of a biplane rudder, Ethan does his poison pill move and jumps but free-falls and flails frightfully for quite a bit of time before an emergency parachute saves him.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 25 May 2025
Coleman spent seven months learning loop-de-loops and banking turns in a Nieuport 82, a French biplane used for training.
—Victor Luckerson, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for biplane
Cite this Entry
“Biplane.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/biplane. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
Copy CitationKids Definition
biplane
noun
bi·plane
ˈbī-ˌplān 
: an airplane with two sets of wings usually placed one above the other
Love words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share