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airship

[ air-ship ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a self-propelled, lighter-than-air aircraft with means of controlling the direction of flight; dirigible.

airship

/ ˈɛəˌʃɪp /

Origin of airship¹

1810–20, for an earlier sense; air ¹ + ship ¹

The airship had become charged with static as a result of an electrical storm.

The fire appeared on the tail of the airship, igniting the leaking hydrogen.

In tax-paying circles it is said that the fashionable thing will be to start now and let the airship overtake you if it can.

They made a cluster of flashing color whose center point was a tiny airship, a speedster, a gay little craft.

Then, for the second time, the stricken airship blundered over us, this time in the direction of the sea.

Instantly, the proposition filled the air with airship talk.

The airship had been resting upon what seemed to be a little ridge.

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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