spaceship

A2 Topic:People & Society

Also spelled space-ship

US /ˈspeɪsˌʃɪp/ See IPA manual

Freq #7422

Meanings

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noun
A vehicle designed to carry people through space.

The children dreamed of flying a spaceship to the moon.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a vehicle designed to carry... spacecraft starship

Word family

Forms spaceships

Derived forms spaceshiplike

Related forms spacecraft starshipufo

Etymology

* space + ship * (programming operator): From its resemblance to the shape of a flying saucer.

Topics

People & Society Astronomy & Space

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