spaceship

noun

space·​ship ˈspās-ˌship How to pronounce spaceship (audio)
: a vehicle used for space travel

Examples of spaceship in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web In recent decades, aerogels have emerged as a leading insulation solution for NASA for both spacesuits and spaceships. Sj Studio, Sourcing Journal, 14 Aug. 2024 The Beinecke—a marble-paned building somewhere between modernist cathedral and spaceship—held more than 1 million genuinely meaningful texts, among them a Shakespeare First Folio, a Gutenberg Bible, the papers of Edith Wharton, and a third-century fragment of a Pauline Epistle. Ariel Sabar, The Atlantic, 8 Aug. 2024 This convincing illusion is helped by spaceship travel that rockets your customizable spaceship from the surface to punch through the atmosphere and into the stars. Gene Park, Washington Post, 30 July 2024 What hasn’t been done is building a spaceship around it. Jacek Krywko, Ars Technica, 22 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for spaceship 

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Word History

First Known Use

1880, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of spaceship was in 1880

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“Spaceship.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spaceship. Accessed 18 Aug. 2024.

Kids Definition

spaceship

noun
space·​ship ˈspās-ˌship How to pronounce spaceship (audio)
ˈspāsh-

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