spaceship

noun

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

Examples of spaceship in a Sentence

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There’s nothing to walk on, and no place to land a spaceship. Benjamin Roulston, Discover Magazine, 7 Nov. 2024 Napolitano, originally from New York, claims she was abducted from her bedroom by aliens and beamed onto a spaceship in 1988. Lissete Lanuza Sáenz, StyleCaster, 4 Nov. 2024 They even get lectured by parents for breaking rules — but that doesn't stop them from finding a spaceship buried in the nearby woods. Christian Holub, EW.com, 1 Nov. 2024 In the center of Rocky’s Moncler Genius space in Shanghai, fashioned like a spaceship with projections on the walls and silver furniture, sat a modular (duh) console created under his Hommemade homeware label. José Criales-Unzueta, Vogue, 22 Oct. 2024 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 18 Nov. 2024.

Kids Definition

spaceship

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

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