spaceship

noun

space·​ship ˈspās-ˌship How to pronounce spaceship (audio)
: a vehicle used for space travel

Examples of spaceship in a Sentence

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The brief clip is set on a spaceship hurtling towards Earth. Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 27 Jan. 2025 The electric car and spaceship mogul originally promised to cut at least $2 trillion from a federal budget of nearly $7 trillion, to lay off two million federal employees, and to slash thousands of regulations. Russell Muirhead, Foreign Affairs, 23 Jan. 2025 MacInnes was among a number of actors who portrayed spaceship pilots alongside Mark Hamill's Luke Skywalker in the movie's Death Star battle. Tommy McArdle, People.com, 31 Dec. 2024 Remember, in 1961, NASA didn’t even have a rocket capable of propelling a spaceship to the moon, let the technology to land on the planet and return to Earth. Carmine Gallo, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for spaceship 

Word History

First Known Use

1880, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of spaceship was in 1880

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“Spaceship.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spaceship. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.

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spaceship

noun
space·​ship ˈspās-ˌship How to pronounce spaceship (audio)
ˈspāsh-

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