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Meaning of "jetway" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF JETWAY

jetway  [ˈdʒetweɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF JETWAY

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preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Jetway is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES JETWAY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Jet bridge

A jet bridge is an enclosed, movable connector which extends from an airport terminal gate to an airplane, allowing passengers to board and disembark without going outside. Depending on building design, sill heights, fueling positions and operational requirements, it may be fixed or movable, swinging radially or extending in length. The jetway was invented by Frank Der Yuen. A jetway bridge in Hyderabad International Airport A Stearns Airport Equipment PBBs at Denver International Airport in Denver, Colorado, USA Three ThyssenKrupp Airport Systems jet bridges feeding an Airbus A380 at Frankfurt Airport in Frankfurt, Germany. A British Airways A320 docked to a jetway at Stockholm-Arlanda airport, Stockholm, Sweden Video of jet bridge being moved to a plane at Toronto Pearson International Airport in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Before the introduction of jet bridges, passengers normally boarded an aircraft by walking along the ground-level ramp and climbing a set of movable stairs, or up airstairs on aircraft so equipped.

Definition of jetway in the English dictionary

The definition of jetway in the dictionary is a moving bridge that connects an airport gate to a plane.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH JETWAY


anyway
ˈɛnɪˌweɪ
away
əˈweɪ
Broadway
ˈbrɔːdˌweɪ
castaway
ˈkɑːstəˌweɪ
Conway
ˈkɒnˌweɪ
gateway
ˈɡeɪtˌweɪ
giveaway
ˈɡɪvəˌweɪ
highway
ˈhaɪˌweɪ
Kitwe
ˈkɪtweɪ
midway
ˈmɪdˌweɪ
Norway
ˈnɔːˌweɪ
Otway
ˈɒtweɪ
parkway
ˈpɑːkˌweɪ
pathway
ˈpɑːθˌweɪ
qua
kweɪ
railway
ˈreɪlˌweɪ
runway
ˈrʌnˌweɪ
segue
ˈsɛɡweɪ
subway
ˈsʌbˌweɪ
way
weɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE JETWAY

jet-to-let
jetbead
jete
jetfoil
Jethro
jetlike
jetliner
jeton
jetport
jetsam
jetsom
jettatura
jetted
jetties
jetting
jettison
jettisonable
jetton
jetty
jeu d´esprit

WORDS THAT END LIKE JETWAY

beltway
by the way
cartway
footway
get away
go away
hoistway
in a bad way
in a way
in no way
no way
once and away
one-way
out of the way
out-of-the-way
partway
straightway
the way
thoughtway
two-way

Synonyms and antonyms of jetway in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «jetway» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF JETWAY

Find out the translation of jetway to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of jetway from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «jetway» in English.

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捷波
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Jetway
570 millions of speakers

English

jetway
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

JETWAY
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

JETWAY
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Jetway
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Jetway
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

jetway
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

jetway
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Jetway
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Jetway
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

JETWAY
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

JETWAY
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Jetway
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

JETWAY
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

jetway
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

जेटवे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Jetway
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

jetway
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Jetway
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Jetway
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Jetway
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

jetway
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

jetway
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

jetway
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Jetway
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of jetway

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «JETWAY»

The term «jetway» is regularly used and occupies the 80.194 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «JETWAY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about jetway

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «JETWAY»

Discover the use of jetway in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to jetway and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Jetway Joshua (aka Carl Lewis Lodjic): Four Score and Twenty
We guaranteed that the mating to the aircraft passenger door would service all present commercial aircraft, and that the Jetway would automatically align with the aircraft floor as the aircraft rose or descended from the unloading or loading of ...
Carl Lodjic, 2000
2
Slip and Fall Practice
Jetways are telescoping corridors designed to extend from the ter— minal to the plane, permitting boarding and leaving the plane under cover. The walkway corridors in the jetway are usually carpeted and include telescoping sectional metal ...
Charles E. Turnbow, 1994
3
ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF INTERNATIONAL AVIATION LAW
same ticket, which is scarcely surprising, although she stated that the jetway was level with the floor ofthe aircraft when she had flown with Virgin Airways. She had never fallen before and was not expecting the step to be there, which is ...
PHILIP FORSANG NDIKUM, 2013
4
Jetway Geographer: Helena, Montana, to Salt Lake City, Utah
This guide is for travelers from Helena, MT, to Salt Lake City, UT. It is divided into five chapters, each with at least 12 stories and images interpreting the lands below.
Kathleen Williams, 2005
5
Fully Alive: A Journey that Will Change Your Life
one side of the Jetway and our luggage would be delivered to a door near the entrance to the plane. Not a good plan, but they'd always done it that way. There was no Wow! in sight. The line of passengers waiting for luggage stretched all the  ...
Ken Davis, 2012
6
NOW BOARDING Confessions of a Stowaway
down the Jetway, and I watched as the agent thumbed through her paperwork, then disappeared into a door on the far end of the gate. The Jetway door was still open I approached the ticket counter, and retrieved a ticket jacket sitting in a pile  ...
Michael Bussa, 2010
7
Alejandra's Quest
From where they were standing they could see straight down the jetway, and they noticed the Captain of the flight that they were about to board walking up the jetway toward them. He was clearly an experienced Captain with gray hair and ...
Bettina Deynes, Robert Wiedefeld, 2013
8
Hybrid Systems: Computation and Control: 5th International ...
A possible controller choice is to make aircraft 1 “cut” between jetway 92 and jetway 58. This avoids the conflict and shortens the path of aircraft 1, and is the preferred option of the controllers in general. This can be modeled as a second mode ...
Claire J. Tomlin, Mark R. Greenstreet, 2002
9
Incident Off Runway 31L
He hefted his suit bag and lap top while Lois opened the jetway door and held it for him. Ascher entered the jetway without looking back. Lois let him pass her, then turned to Fran. “Thanks Lois,” Fran sighed, “you're an angel in the nick of time.
Walter Carlin, 2000
10
InfoWorld
It's called the JetWay. Stretch telephone-type cable from your PCs to the JetWay. Plug the video cassette-sized JetWay into the printer using a normal printer cable . Then up to eight people can simultaneously whooooosh documents to a ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «JETWAY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term jetway is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Why disability rights is everyone's business
... flight boarded through a jetway like at a normal first-world airport). Heathrow Airport responded similarly—it was my fault for not anticipating a ... «Fortune, Jul 15»
2
University Professor names and shames Heathrow services for the …
... I did not foresee needing as I would have had no trouble had the flight boarded through a jetway like at a normal first-world airport.”. «Reduced Mobility Rights, Jul 15»
3
This JetBlue video shows you how not to behave at the airport
We've all been there: waiting outside a departure gate at the airport, ready to storm the jetway like it's the Bastille, hoping to avoid too many ... «Fortune, Jul 15»
4
'Skyfaring' is a journey with a pilot
Or the signpost reads Gate 15; the next stop is Topeka, Kansas; and the Boeing 747 at the end of the jetway occupies all known dimensions of ... «Christian Science Monitor, Jul 15»
5
Hot inventions that help save summer in New Orleans
One step onto the jetway and a warm, moist blanket of Big Easy air embraces you like a hot sauna. You're home. That acute awareness of the ... «NolaVie, Jul 15»
6
Shelley Peterman Schwarz: Trouble on the tarmac
Thinking I would get on the plane through a heated jetway, I was not prepared to be outside in the cold and rain. Until a few years ago, travelers ... «Madison.com, Jul 15»
7
An Airport Squeezes Water out of Air
When a jetliner pulls up to a gate, it can conserve fuel by tapping the air conditioners installed under Jetway bridges to cool the plane. «TakePart, Jul 15»
8
Attention, passengers: Airline customer service is dead
Our 4- and 6-year-olds were not holding their own boarding passes as we prepared to walk down the jetway. I love my children dearly, but they ... «Orlando Sentinel, Jul 15»
9
Southwest's Woes At Midway Continue: Second Flight Forced To …
Some reports on Twitter say the jetway or the equipment appeared to have caught fire, but Southwest has not confirmed this information to ... «Chicagoist, Jul 15»
10
Tourists in federal custody
On June 29, the defendants were stopped inside the Gate 18 jetway before they boarded for a flight back to Hong Kong, court documents state. «Pacific Daily News, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Jetway [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/jetway>. May 2024 ».
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