: a large jet aircraft characterized by a wide cabin

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Also, American will not offer free Wi-Fi on jets that don’t have the right equipment, like some of its older wide-body planes. Dennis Green, AFAR Media, 16 Apr. 2025 Some of American’s older Boeing wide-bodies won’t have the service for free but will still have Wi-Fi available. Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 15 Apr. 2025 The new cargo complex will be able to accommodate 18 wide-body planes, such as the Airbus A300, a wide-body cargo jet with a maximum payload of over 120,000 pounds. Carole Carlson, Chicago Tribune, 10 Apr. 2025 Emirates operates one of the world’s largest wide-body fleets and is a major customer of Boeing and Airbus. Dan Murphy,natasha Turak, CNBC, 8 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for wide-body

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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 2 May. 2025.

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