[ˈɛːbʌs], (Noun)

Definitions:
- an aircraft designed to carry a large number of passengers economically, especially over relatively short routes


Phrases:

Origin:
early 20th century (first recorded in 1910 in reference to a projected type of aircraft, and from the 1960s used as a general term for a short- to medium-range airliner): from air + bus. The Airbus company was formed in 1970 to design and build passenger aircraft