starship

noun

star·​ship ˈstär-ˌship How to pronounce starship (audio)
: a spacecraft designed for interstellar travel

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Instead, the first episode of the adaptation for ABC comes off like an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, only without that cast’s magnetic starship crew around to pay a visit. Nola Pfau, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2025 From the luminous cast of ‘The Gilded Age’ to the denizens of starship Enterprise (‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’), the TV section offers an exclusive, post-screening discussion before the rest of the world gets a chance to partake. Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 17 Apr. 2025 That's an extremely long-winded way of saying that the Spore Drive allows a starship to miraculously materialize somewhere else light-years away. Richard Edwards, Space.com, 14 Mar. 2025 From the nerdy references, from Cutey Honey to Ideon, and having the starship Eltreum being built in orbit on giant model kit sprues, means the nerdiness is there throughout. Ollie Barder, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for starship

Word History

First Known Use

1882, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of starship was in 1882

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“Starship.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/starship. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.

Kids Definition

starship

noun
star·​ship ˈstär-ˌship How to pronounce starship (audio)
: a vehicle designed for travel between stars
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