Associations to the word «Airfoil»

Wiktionary

AIRFOIL, noun. (American spelling) A structure shaped to produce lift when moving in air.
AIRFOIL, noun. (American spelling) A wing of an aircraft.

Dictionary definition

AIRFOIL, noun. A device that provides reactive force when in motion relative to the surrounding air; can lift or control a plane in flight.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats