airship

[ air-ship ]
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noun
  1. a self-propelled, lighter-than-air aircraft with means of controlling the direction of flight; dirigible.

Origin of airship

1
1810–20, for an earlier sense; air1 + ship1

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air-ship
[ air-ship ]

verb (used with object),air-shipped, air-ship·ping.
  1. to send or ship via aircraft: to air-ship machine parts overseas.

Origin of air-ship

2
First recorded in 1950–1955

Other words from air-ship

  • air-ship·pa·ble, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for airship

airship

/ (ˈɛəˌʃɪp) /


noun
  1. a lighter-than-air self-propelled craft: Also called: dirigible, zeppelin

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