starship

American  

[stahr-ship] / ˈstɑrˌʃɪp /

noun

1. a spaceship designed for intergalactic travel.

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Etymology

Origin of starship

star + ship ¹

Example Sentences

Caleb, who has picked up a lot of useful knowledge along the way, can get inside a starship’s brain faster than I can write “inside a starship’s brain.”

From Los Angeles Times

Even when it doesn’t affect the plot directly, it’s the canvas the story is painted on, its whiteness of an intensity not otherwise seen on the screen, except in starship hallways.

From Los Angeles Times

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