starship C2+ Topic:Travel US /ˈstɑrˌʃɪp/ UK /ˈstɑːˌʃɪp/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun a spacecraft designed for interstellar travel The crew boarded the starship for a voyage to a distant sun. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a spacecraft designed for... spaceshipspacecraftspacecruiser Word family Related forms starship Etymology AI details A 20th-century compound of 'star' (Old English 'steorra') and 'ship' (Old English 'scip'), denoting a vessel for interstellar travel. steorra Old English scip Old English View etymology graph -> Topics Travel Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # starship **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈstɑrˌʃɪp/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈstɑːˌʃɪp/ ## Meanings 1. a spacecraft designed for interstellar travel ## Examples - The crew boarded the starship for a voyage to a distant sun. ## Synonyms - spaceship - spacecraft - spacecruiser ## Related Forms - star - ship ## Roots and Affixes - Root: steorra - Root: scip ## Etymology A 20th-century compound of 'star' (Old English 'steorra') and 'ship' (Old English 'scip'), denoting a vessel for interstellar travel. ## AI Etymology Starship is a 20th-century compound of 'star' (Old English 'steorra') and 'ship' (Old English 'scip'), denoting a vessel for interstellar travel. Important recorded forms include steorra (Old English) and scip (Old English). Morphologically, the word preserves a built structure whose named elements carry the historical sense into English. The modern sense continues the older lexical line without requiring a separate origin. In current use it covers a spacecraft designed for interstellar travel. The wider family includes related words such as star and ship. ## Topics - Travel - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown