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widebody

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • CMU ARPABET: W AY1 D B AA2 D IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

An airliner capable of seating seven or more passengers in a single row of economy seating, with two aisles or more.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

Examples

  • The world airline fleet of long-range aircraft consists almost entirely of widebodies.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: narrowbody

2

noun

Meaning 2

A player with a wide or heavyset body.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A tennis racket having a thick (although not necessarily wide) frame, increasing the racket's stiffness.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports, tennis

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Compound of wide + body.

Real reading context

widebody in complete knowledge articles