airship

[air-ship]

noun

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

airship

/ ˈɛəˌʃɪp /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of airship¹

1810–20, for an earlier sense; air ¹ + ship ¹

Example Sentences

The leader kept his eyes forward, constantly searching for bad weather or airships, but the sky was clear of any trouble.

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But there was a muted celebratory air as teams loaded candles and fireworks onto the homemade airships, part of the annual Tazaungdaing hot air balloon festival in northern Shan state's Taunggyi city.

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Humans were strolling, automobiles were driving, airships were flying, robots were hard at work.

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American Walter Wellman was the first to try to reach the North Pole by airship.

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Troy says the production for the game's sets was lavish, with crews building accurate representations of boats, airships and other locations on giant motion-capture stages.

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