spaceship

noun

space·​ship ˈspās-ˌship How to pronounce spaceship (audio)
: a vehicle used for space travel

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The responses were creative and diverse: AI was said to be a spaceship, a mirror, a performance-enhancing drug, a self-driving car, makeup, a bridge or fast food. Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 18 Mar. 2025 Their quarters are tight, and the enormous spaceship never feels expansive to the crew. Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 14 Mar. 2025 An alien spaceship has spiked an immensely popular bubblegum with an interdimensional ectoplasm that turns everyone who chews it into zombies, and the only ones who can save humanity are bickering foster brothers Daffy Duck and Porky Pig (both voiced by Eric Bauza). Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2025 After killing a baby Creeper, leading the mother Creeper to gather her fellow beasts and surround Marshall’s spaceship, Marshall sends 17 and 18 out to kill Creepers or else get blown up. Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 8 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for spaceship

Word History

First Known Use

1880, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of spaceship was in 1880

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“Spaceship.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spaceship. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.

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spaceship

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

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