fuselage
noun
fu·se·lage
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Definition of fuselage
: the central body portion of an aircraft designed to accommodate the crew and the passengers or cargo — see airplane illustration
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The man in the shiny suit dropped toward her shoulder, and the boy was pushed against the fuselage wall. — Anne Enright, The New Yorker, "The Weight," 29 Aug. 2019 Combs hit a top speed on the North American Eagle’s four-wheeled vehicle, which looks like a jet engine fuselage with no wings, of 440 miles per hour. — oregonlive.com, "‘Fastest woman on 4 wheels’ killed attempting speed record in southeast Oregon," 28 Aug. 2019 Russia’s Sukhoi designers created the aircraft without a fuselage—but that doesn't mean its empty. — Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, "Watch Russia's New Strike Drone Take Its Flight Flight," 9 Aug. 2019 Because the counter-rotating rotors also negate the torque typically generated on the fuselage by a single rotor, there’s no need for a conventional rear tail rotor. — Eric Adams, WIRED, "The Pirouetting S-97 Raider Makes Your Helicopter Look Lazy," 5 July 2019 Forgoing the fuselage as well as the tail of conventional airliners would cut the plane’s weight and reduce aerodynamic drag, resulting in significant fuel savings. — Denise Chow, NBC News, "Futuristic 'Flying-V' airplane concept puts passengers inside the wings," 5 June 2019 Spirit AeroSystems, Boeing's biggest supplier and maker of 737 parts including the fuselage, in May suspended its financial forecasts because of the grounding. — Rachel Layne, CBS News, "Consumers could see higher fares because of Boeing 737 Max woes," 30 July 2019 When Bahamian authorities recovered the helicopter, the tailboom was separated from the fuselage and had broken into multiple pieces. — Susannah Bryan, sun-sentinel.com, "NTSB: Helicopter carrying billionaire Chris Cline and 6 others was in air for 1 minute before fatal crash," 24 July 2019 This fuselage is packed with rechargeable lithium-ion batteries that not only turn the two mighty rotors, but also provide heat to protect the copter’s electronics when nighttime temperatures dip to minus 130 degrees Fahrenheit. — Jonathon Keats, Discover Magazine, "The Origins of Flight, From Birds to Bugs to Planes," 21 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'fuselage.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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fuselage
noun
English Language Learners Definition of fuselage
: the main part of an airplane : the part of an airplane that holds the crew, passengers, and cargo
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fuselage
noun
fu·se·lage
| \ ˈfyü-sə-ˌläzh
, -zÉ™-\
, -zÉ™-\
Kids Definition of fuselage
: the part of an airplane that holds the crew, passengers, and cargo
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