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Maiden flight Moderate

Origin: Germanic Old English suffix

Maiden flight has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

the first flight of its kind

"the Stealth bomber made its maiden flight in 1989"

2

The first flight of an airplane or other airborne vehicle, usually used to test or demonstrate the functions of the systems.

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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
flight
Rhyming Words
ght ight ought dight bight tight fight eight night might light pight aught hight aight right wight sight voight blight
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