Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun fan-jet

2 senses of fan-jet

Sense 1
fanjet, fan-jet, turbofan, turbojet -- (an airplane propelled by a fanjet engine)
       => jet, jet plane, jet-propelled plane -- (an airplane powered by one or more jet engines)

Sense 2
fanjet, fan-jet, fanjet engine, turbojet, turbojet engine, turbofan, turbofan engine -- (a jet engine in which a fan driven by a turbine provides extra air to the burner and gives extra thrust)
       => jet engine -- (a gas turbine produces a stream of hot gas that propels a jet plane by reaction propulsion)