starship

[stahr-ship]

noun

1. a spaceship designed for intergalactic travel.

Word History and Origins

Origin of starship¹

star + ship ¹

Example Sentences

The voyages of the starship Enterprise will include a 5½-mile stretch in Pasadena on New Year’s Day.

From Los Angeles Times

Enter Ceesay’s Morrow, a cyborg with a mechanical arm and other technological augmentations, such as the ability to download a starship’s files into his brain.

From Salon

Meanwhile, Musk has been watching his personal fortune shrink by the day and his reputation be blown to smithereens like one of his failed starship rockets.

From Salon

All that changes when Wim stumbles on what turns out to be a derelict starship.

From Salon

My current favorite is “Star Trek: Lower Decks,” the animated and more irreverent of the “Star Trek” shows that follows the lower-ranking support crew that handle the menial jobs on a less prestigious Federation starship.

From Los Angeles Times