Airstream

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  airstream \air"stream`\ n.
     1. a relatively well-defined prevailing wind.
        [WordNet 1.5]
  
     2. the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft
        propeller.


  
     Syn: slipstream, race, backwash, wash
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  airstream
       n 1: a relatively well-defined prevailing wind
       2: the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft
          propeller [syn: {slipstream}, {race}, {backwash}, {wash}]