spaceship

[speys-ship]

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noun

spacecraft.

Origin of spaceship

First recorded in 1940–45; space + ship¹

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Related Words for spaceship

weapon, missile, spacecraft, booster, firework, torpedo, spaceship, capsule, ICBM, rocket, module, UFO

Examples from the Web for spaceship

Contemporary Examples of spaceship

Is that why you kept on the “Spaceship of Imagination” from the original iteration?
The Curious Passions of Mr. Cosmos: Neil deGrasse Tyson On Space, Climate, and Why Curiosity Wins Every Time
Scott Bixby
June 8, 2014
The Spaceship of Imagination had very mixed reviews in the original, and I had very little idea of what it was doing.
The Curious Passions of Mr. Cosmos: Neil deGrasse Tyson On Space, Climate, and Why Curiosity Wins Every Time
Scott Bixby
June 8, 2014

Historical Examples of spaceship

Spaceship crews should be selected on the basis of their non-irritating qualities as individuals.
The Holes Around Mars
Jerome Bixby
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.
On the Trail of the Space Pirates
Carey Rockwell

British Dictionary definitions for spaceship

spaceship

noun

a manned spacecraft

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