spaceship

noun
space·​ship | \ ˈspās-ˌship How to pronounce spaceship (audio) \

Definition of spaceship

: a vehicle used for space travel

Examples of spaceship in a Sentence

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Because Knight had family and friends in Mobile, Buccaneer Yacht Club became home base in summer 2018 as the team got some open-water experience aboard its spaceship-like boat, the Woobie. al, "Veterans’ trans-Atlantic rowing team gets big send-off from Mobile," 28 Aug. 2019 His last major project appears to have been the company’s spaceship-like headquarters, which opened in 2017 at a reported cost of around $5 billion. Dan Gallagher, WSJ, "Apple’s Shine Goes Only So Far Now," 28 June 2019 The future Large Surface Combatant, scheduled to enter service in the late 2020s, will retain the spaceship-like appearance of the Zumwalts, with weapons and sensors hidden under the flat surfaces of a radar-evading hull. Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, "The Navy’s Next Warship Will Look a Lot Like the USS Zumwalt," 19 June 2019 According to Antti Nousjoki, one of the partners at ALA Architects, the Finnish firm behind the monumental $110 million, spaceship-like building, the designers’ objective was to create a library that empowered its users. Gordon F. Sander, The Christian Science Monitor, "Welcome to Oodi: Helsinki’s new ‘living room’," 24 Jan. 2019 But incorporated into it is invisible ink that under black light reveals a security camera, a spaceship, and also the Night King from Game of Thrones. Selena Barrientos, House Beautiful, "You Need a Black Light to See the Details in This Wild, Invisible Ink Wallpaper," 23 Aug. 2019 What had a head that looked like a spaceship, a mouth shaped like a camera shutter, and claws that resembled sharp fork hoes? Riley Black, Smithsonian, "Prehistoric Ocean Predator Resembles a Large and Vicious Horseshoe Crab," 31 July 2019 Rather, the extraordinary amount of time and money being put into Starship by SpaceX and the company's investors represents a huge bet on their talent—and its capacity to build the kinds of spaceships that no one has built before. Eric Berger, Ars Technica, "SpaceX’s Starship prototype has taken flight for the first time," 25 July 2019 For more information, email Edna@NAMIBroward.org or call 954-258-3990. Design a space odyssey robot, spaceship, alien, or other galactic character alongside Pablo Cano. Jennifer Boehm, sun-sentinel.com, "10 things to do with the kids this weekend: July 18-21," 16 July 2019

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First Known Use of spaceship

1880, in the meaning defined above

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spaceship

noun
space·​ship | \ ˈspās-ˌship How to pronounce spaceship (audio) \

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