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spaceship

[speys-ship]
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noun
  1. spacecraft.
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Origin of spaceship

First recorded in 1940–45; space + ship1
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weaponmissilespacecraftboosterfireworktorpedospaceshipcapsuleICBMrocketmoduleUFO

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  • Spaceship crews should be selected on the basis of their non-irritating qualities as individuals.

  • Spaceship Fabrication climbed three points before it fell and Wrail cashed in on that.

    Empire

    Clifford Donald Simak

  • Spaceship approaching me, starboard quarter, one-one-five degrees.

British Dictionary definitions for spaceship

spaceship

noun
  1. a manned spacecraft
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