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. a lighter-than-air self-propelled craft Also calleddirigiblezeppelin

Word History and Origins

Origin of airship¹

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

Example Sentences

The tilt-rotor allows the airship to operate closer to a helicopter during takeoff and landing.

From TechCrunch

A number of companies have emerged in recent years aiming to resurrect the airship, an early technology that was abandoned in favor of airplanes and helicopters.

From TechCrunch

Made from a converted airship hangar and boasting a capacity of up to 8,200 visitors per day, it’s the fourth-largest building on the planet by volume.

From Ozy

It takes place on an airship, with new tasks and environments including a kitchen.

From Washington Post

Later, parked in the yard by the barn, it becomes an ocean explorer, an airship, a planetary rover.

From Washington Post

The airship had become charged with static as a result of an electrical storm.

From The Daily Beast

The fire appeared on the tail of the airship, igniting the leaking hydrogen.

From The Daily Beast

In tax-paying circles it is said that the fashionable thing will be to start now and let the airship overtake you if it can.

From Project Gutenberg

They made a cluster of flashing color whose center point was a tiny airship, a speedster, a gay little craft.

From Project Gutenberg

Then, for the second time, the stricken airship blundered over us, this time in the direction of the sea.

From Project Gutenberg

Instantly, the proposition filled the air with airship talk.

From Project Gutenberg

The airship had been resting upon what seemed to be a little ridge.

From Project Gutenberg

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