airborne
pronunciation
How to pronounce airborne in British English:
UK [ˈeəbɔːn]
How to pronounce airborne in American English:
US [ˈerbɔːrn]
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- Adjective:
- moved or conveyed by or through air
Word Origin
- airborne (adj.)
- 1640s, "carried through the air," from air (n.1) + borne. Of military units, from 1937.
Example
- 1. The soldiers are with the 82nd airborne division .
- 2. Using a bigger plane , and a more powerful chemical laser , they called it the airborne laser .
- 3. For one thing , the airborne share of trade is declining as the efficiency of seaborne trade grows .
- 4. How large would the army of the cuban undead need to be to justify the deployment of the 82nd airborne ?
- 5. These days , though , the 82nd airborne is no longer america 's quick-response service .