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zeppelin
noun
zep·pe·lin
ˈze-p(ə-)lən 
: a rigid airship consisting of a cylindrical trussed and covered frame supported by internal gas cells
broadly
: airship
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But its military potency soon became apparent, with the Germans dropping it from zeppelins as bombs over Britain in World War I, according to a history from McGill University in Montreal.
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Brad Lendon, CNN, 7 Sep. 2024
The feel is at once nautical, Old World, fantastical, and stagy, like a first-class dining room on a romance-novel zeppelin, serenely crossing the Atlantic.
—Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2024
The interior of the restaurant feels at once nautical, Old World, fantastical, and stagy, like a first-class dining room on a romance-novel zeppelin.
—Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2024
If this inner arrangement seems botanical, the exterior suggests a zeppelin as much as a seed.
—Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 2 Feb. 2024
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Brad Lendon, CNN, 7 Sep. 2024
The feel is at once nautical, Old World, fantastical, and stagy, like a first-class dining room on a romance-novel zeppelin, serenely crossing the Atlantic.
—Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2024
The interior of the restaurant feels at once nautical, Old World, fantastical, and stagy, like a first-class dining room on a romance-novel zeppelin.
—Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2024
If this inner arrangement seems botanical, the exterior suggests a zeppelin as much as a seed.
—Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 2 Feb. 2024
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“Zeppelin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/zeppelin. Accessed 18 Nov. 2024.
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zeppelin
noun
zep·pe·lin
ˈzep-(ə-)lən
: a long cylindrical passenger balloon that has a metal frame and is driven through the air by engines carried on its underside
Biographical Definition
Zeppelin
biographical name
Zep·pe·lin
ˌtse-pə-ˈlēn
ˈze-p(ə-)lən
Ferdinand (Adolf August Heinrich) 1838–1917 Graf von Zeppelin German general and aeronaut
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