spaceship

[ speys-ship ]

noun

1. spacecraft.

spaceship

/ ˈspeɪsˌʃɪp /

noun

1. a manned spacecraft

Word History and Origins

Origin of spaceship¹

First recorded in 1940–45; space + ship ¹

Example Sentences

“Why can't that be happening down on our planetary spaceship?” she asks.

From BBC

At the Forum, where the band performed beneath a giant prop spaceship, Lynne and his accompanists were somehow crisp, lush, funky and biting all at the same time; often, as in the swaggering “Don’t Bring Me Down,” you wondered how a riff you’ve heard so many times could have so much energy left in it.

From Los Angeles Times

The space shuttle became the world’s first reusable winged orbiting spaceship.

From Los Angeles Times

The spaceship is the largest ever built to visit a planet and has a long journey ahead.

From BBC

It will overtake JUICE, the European Space Agency’s spaceship that will also visit Europa on its way to another of Jupiter’s moons called Ganeymede.

From BBC

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