Definitions for airborne

airborne air·borne

Spelling: [air-bawrn, -bohrn]
IPA: /ˈɛərˌbɔrn, -ˌboʊrn/

Airborne is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 262 anagrams from letters in airborne (abeinorr).

Definitions for airborne

adjective

  1. carried by the air, as pollen or dust.
  2. in flight; aloft:
  3. Military. (of ground forces) carried in airplanes or gliders:
  4. Aeronautics. (of an aircraft) supported entirely by the atmosphere; flying.

Origin of airborne

First recorded in 1635-45; air1 + borne1

Examples for airborne

After the President's plane was airborne, we left and came back to the city hall.

President Eisenhower sent the 101st airborne Division to force Faubus to admit the students to Central High School.

"I'll have you and the Lady Dallona airborne and off for Ghamma as soon as you wish," he promised.

We remained at Love Field until she administered the oath and the plane was airborne.

Third, the virus could not be found in sputum, further supporting the clear observation that airborne spread does not occur.

There is no evidence that airborne Ebola exists anywhere outside of fear-mongering headlines.

I might have been able to see the Monument or the Capitol when we were airborne.

The NYPD remained his ultimate goal as he went to work as a carrier for airborne Express/DHL and then as a school safety officer.

After you arrived back on AF-1, what did you do between that time and the time the plane was airborne?

Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist George Will implied in an interview that Ebola may be airborne.

Word Value for airborne
Scrable

10

Words with friends

12

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