airship

Speech parts

1. airship - Noun

2. airship - Verb

Meaning

a steerable self-propelled aircraft

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

dirigible blimp zeppelin aerostat lighter-than-air craft plane ship aerodrome chopper component vehicle boat jet craft bird
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Antonyms

fighter real estate amphibious vehicle marine vessel ground combat vehicle waterborne vessel

Hypernyms

lighter-than-air craft

Hyponyms

sausage blimp barrage balloon sausage balloon

Phrases with the word

flying airship full airship german rigid airship literal airship airship pilot

Examples

I've always felt that stylists such as you have in America are ashamed of a car and are preoccupied with making it look like something else, like a submarine or an airship...As an engineer, I revolt against this. Alec Issigonis

Is the Airship Possible? That depends, first of all, on whether we are to make the requisite scientific discoveries... the construction of an aerial vehicle ... which could carry even a single man from place-to-place at pleasure requires the discovery of some new metal or some new force. Simon Newcomb

Making the unbelievable believable is different on a set with 'Fantastic Four,' where it's like, 'Wind machines! Because the airship is coming in and you're pretending to be afraid!' Kerry Washington

A balloon was originally any aerostat, while the term airship was used for large, powered aircraft designs – usually fixed-wing. Source: Internet

After the group flees the city and its guards, their damaged airship crashes, and Zidane, Garnet, Vivi, and Steiner travel on together. Source: Internet

Arriving over the Norfolk coast at around 18:30, the Zeppelins encountered new ground defences installed since the September raid; these had no success, although the airship commanders commented on the improved defences of the city. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

airshaft airshed airshift airship carrier airship construction airship pilot