aerostat

[ air-uh-stat ]

noun

any lighter-than-air aircraft, as a balloon or dirigible.

Origin of aerostat

First recorded in 1775–85; aero- + -stat

Words Nearby aerostat

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How to use aerostat in a sentence

Then other lashings were made while the great aerostat plunged about like a wounded leviathan.
Illustrated Science for Boys and Girls | Anonymous
Then the aerostat, as the great bag is called, was unrolled and spread evenly over this.
Illustrated Science for Boys and Girls | Anonymous
There isn't as much of that aerostat left as would make a pocket-handkerchief or a walking-stick.
The Angel of the Revolution | George Griffith
Ten minutes later the aerostat was released from her moorings and rose swiftly and vertically into the air.
The Angel of the Revolution | George Griffith
I am going back to the aerostat, and I dare not leave you boys behind.
The Lost City | Joseph E. Badger, Jr.

British Dictionary definitions for aerostat

aerostat

/ (ˈɛərəˌstæt) /

noun

a lighter-than-air craft, such as a balloon

Origin of aerostat

C18: from French aérostat, from aero- + Greek -statos standing

Derived forms of aerostat

aerostatic or aerostatical, adjective

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