starship

C2+ Topic:Abstract Ideas

US /ˈstɑrˌʃɪp/ UK /ˈstɑːˌʃɪp/ See IPA manual

Meanings

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noun
a spacecraft designed for interstellar travel

The crew boarded the starship for a voyage to a distant sun.

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Synonyms

1 noun · a spacecraft designed for... spaceship spacecraftspacecruiser

Word family

Related forms star ship

Etymology

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

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# 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
- Abstract Ideas
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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