spaceship

American  

[speys-ship] / ˈspeɪsˌʃɪp /

noun

1. spacecraft.

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spaceship British  

/ ˈspeɪsˌʃɪp /

noun

1. a manned spacecraft

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Etymology

Origin of spaceship

First recorded in 1940–45; space + ship ¹

Example Sentences

The spaceship sits on top of NASA’s roughly 320-foot-tall SLS rocket External link.

From Barron's

Growing up in rural Canada, he turned his treehouse into an imaginary spaceship after seeing a photograph of Buzz Aldrin standing on the lunar surface.

From BBC

The night sky, the bands' spaceship, all of it was graphics.

From BBC

There’s a spaceship in my garage, and I own a multipurpose ray gun disguised as a laser pointer.

From Literature

"However, I expect when China realises manned lunar landing by 2030 with the new spaceship and lunar landing vehicle, it will catch up with the US in the human spaceflight field."

From Barron's

Related Words

• booster
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