Home › Words › S › skiplaneskiplaneskiplane means an aircraft with skis for landing on snow or ice.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, skiplane ranks #6,686 of 42,747 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom ski + plane.nounAn aircraft with skis for landing on snow or ice.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.hydroski 66% match — A ski allowing a seaplane to land on water. vs skiplane →landplane 64% match — An aircraft that is designed to take off from, and land on, land (rather than water or snow). vs skiplane →skimobile 63% match — snowmobile vs skiplane →seaplane 60% match — Any aircraft capable of taking off from, and alighting on the surface of water. vs skiplane →aerosled 59% match — A type of propeller-driven snowmobile running on skis. vs skiplane →skibike 58% match — An analogue to a bicycle for downhill skiing, which has a frame similar to a bicycle's and with wheels replaced by skis, which may or may not include a seat, and may or may not include pegs in place of pedals (without pegs, one would stand on the rear ski). vs skiplane →skidooing 57% match — Synonym of snowmobiling. vs skiplane →snowmobile 56% match — A vehicle with skis at the front and a caterpillar track at the rear, used for travelling over snow, sometimes as sport. vs skiplane →