airship
[air-ship]
noun
a self-propelled, lighter-than-air aircraft with means of controlling the direction of flight; dirigible.
Compare blimp.
Origin of airship
air-ship
[air-ship]
verb (used with object), air-shipped, air-ship·ping.
Origin of air-ship
First recorded in 1950–1955
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Related Words for airship
airplane, craft, ship, jet, blimp, helicopter, balloon, airliner, chopper, aircraft, plane, cab, crate, bird, airbus, airship, dirigible, bladder, zeppelin, UFOExamples from the Web for airship
Contemporary Examples of airship
The fire appeared on the tail of the airship, igniting the leaking hydrogen.
The airship had become charged with static as a result of an electrical storm.
Historical Examples of airship
Who is going to say whether an applicant is competent to pilot a balloon or airship?
Flying MachinesW.J. Jackman and Thos. H. Russell
There has not yet been much opportunity to test the airship in actual warfare.
Flying MachinesW.J. Jackman and Thos. H. Russell
"If you're sure you're not hurt by the airship smash, I will," declared the lad.
Tom Swift and his Electric RunaboutVictor Appleton
Commercial development of the airplane and the airship commenced after the war.
The Age of InventionHolland Thompson
It was not the airship raids from which these crowds were fleeing.
airship
noun
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