wide body

Twin-aisle jet type

Wide body describes aircraft with two aisles in the passenger cabin, allowing greater seating capacity for long-haul flights: The airline uses wide bodies for transatlantic routes.

The term extends to anything notably broad—a wide-body car has an expanded frame, and informally, a wide body is a fat person, usually used disparagingly.

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cabin · aisle · economy class · 747 · Boeing 777 · Airbus A380 · cargo · freight · girth · bulk · roomy · stretch · expand · plus-size · voluminous · big rig · torso · trunk

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Opposites
aircraft fuselage width

wide bodynarrow-body

Slim aircraft fuselage design

regional jet · turboprop · business jet · light aircraft · single aisle

physical build/body type

wide bodyslender

Thin and graceful

lean · skinny · petite · svelte · willowy

Family

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G