- [countable] a plane driven by jet engines
- a jet aircraft/fighter/airliner
- The accident happened as the jet was about to take off.
- He flew to Bermuda in his private jet.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- jumbo
- supersonic
- regional
- …
- fly
- pilot
- charter
- …
- fly
- take off
- land
- …
- aircraft
- airliner
- airplane
- …
- by jet
- in a/the jet
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- [countable] a strong narrow stream of gas, liquid or flame that comes very quickly out of a small opening. The opening is also called a jet.
- The pipe burst and jets of water shot across the room.
- to clean the gas jets on the cooker
- Little jets of steam spurted from the engine.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- air
- gas
- water
- …
- jet of
- [uncountable] a hard black mineral that can be polished and is used in jewellery
- jet beads
Word Originnoun senses 1 to 2 late 16th cent. (as a verb meaning ‘jut out’): from French jeter ‘to throw’, based on Latin jactare, frequentative of jacere ‘to throw’. noun sense 3 Middle English: from Old French jaiet, from Latin Gagates, from Greek gagatēs ‘from Gagai’, a town in Asia Minor.
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