Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun jet_engine

1 sense of jet engine

Sense 1
jet engine -- (a gas turbine produces a stream of hot gas that propels a jet plane by reaction propulsion)
       => reaction-propulsion engine, reaction engine -- (a jet or rocket engine based on a form of aerodynamic propulsion in which the vehicle emits a high-speed stream)