spaceship

[ speys-ship ]

noun

1. spacecraft.

spaceship

/ ˈspeɪsˌʃɪp /

noun

1. a manned spacecraft

Word History and Origins

Origin of spaceship¹

First recorded in 1940–45; space + ship ¹

Example Sentences

Although the festival, thrust online because of the ongoing pandemic, provided opportunities for talks, events and even a virtual spaceship where people’s avatars could bump into each other and chat, it was the movies themselves that beckoned.

From Washington Post

The spaceship is released, the pilots fire the motor and it shoots off to the edge of space before gliding back to Earth.

From Washington Post

We have a choice as to whether we’re going to work together and keep the spaceship functioning — or not.

From Ozy

That technology, it helps bring Earth up into the spaceship with us.

From TechCrunch

Starship prototypes are currently being constructed and tested in Boca Chica, Texas, where SpaceX has been flying the pre-production spaceship during the past year.

From TechCrunch

Is that why you kept on the “Spaceship of Imagination” from the original iteration?

From The Daily Beast

The Spaceship of Imagination had very mixed reviews in the original, and I had very little idea of what it was doing.

From The Daily Beast

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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