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

1 sense of sailplane

Sense 1
glider, sailplane -- (aircraft supported only by the dynamic action of air against its surfaces)
       => heavier-than-air craft -- (a non-buoyant aircraft that requires a source of power to hold it aloft and to propel it)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb sailplane

1 sense of sailplane

Sense 1
sailplane, soar -- (fly a plane without an engine)
       => glide -- (fly in or as if in a glider plane)

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