glider
noun [C] /ˈɡlaɪ.dər/
/-dɚ/ Definition
› an aircraft without an engine and with long fixed wings, which flies by glidingFixed-wing aircraft and helicopters
(Definition of glider noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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