Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. See spacecraft.
Wiktionary
- n. A vehicle that flies through space.
- n. cellular automata A finite pattern that reappears after a certain number of generations in the same orientation but in a different position.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a spacecraft designed to carry a crew into interstellar space (especially in science fiction)
Etymologies
- space + ship (Wiktionary)
Examples
“I get the feeling flying a spaceship is a little more complicated than riding a bike, especially when the bike technology needs to change while you are no longer allowed to ride it.”
“A spaceship is sent to Venus to investigate the source of a mysterious message left during the Tunguska blast of 1908.”
“The claim of no refrigerator on board a spaceship is now false.”
“In a remote Antarctica outpost, an alien spaceship is discovered far beneath the ice.”
THE THING Prequel Has Its Leads « Giant Killer Squid - Film, Comics, News, Reviews and more
“He is frantically trying to save his spaceship from the aliens, Glucazoids, and he has one minute - can he do it?”
“Although I think one might find that SF fans would more readily discuss "Which science fiction weapon/spaceship is best?" than actual characters.”
“The Thunderbird 3 spaceship is out at ijoy's papercraft site.”
Thunderbird 3 Papercraft | Papercraft Paradise | PaperCrafts | Paper Models | Card Models
“Roger Zelazny - The Great Slow Kings (Short Story Review) "Masters," suggested Zindrome, "the half-life of radioactive materials being as ephemeral as it is, I regret to report that only one spaceship is now in operational condition.”
“His spaceship is obviously not returning to this planet anytime soon.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘spaceship’.
-
Beautiful Compound Words
aftermath, afterthought, butterfly, campfire, colorblind, backhand, crossword, cupcake, dollhouse, drawbridge, dreadlock, dreamscape and 73 more...
-
akmed13's Words
time, spaceship, quantum mechanics, time traveller, bezonkers, strakh, path integrals, gorbfest, amphigory, amber, bicycle, amphisbaena and 358 more...
-
Smallville
words relating to the TV show Smallville (the early years of Clark Kent!)
fly, friends, lies, super, shelby, daily planet, save, kansas, cornfields, barn, mansion, wall of weird and 74 more...
-
They Came From Outer Space!
Words coined in or popularized by science fiction. Some stolen from here: http://io9....
robot, robotics, microcomputer, grok, hyperdrive, android, astronaut, cyberspace, spaceship, spacesuit, spacecraft, space travel and 10 more...
-
travelling
dirigible, nautilus, tireme, odyssey, timeship, spaceship, jet, car, jeep, phaeton, truck, lightship and 58 more...
-
MEC3 Lesson 137
bound, Stalingrad, aboard, spaceship, unavoidable, poorly, recognizable, feature, famished, South Korea, stomach, enthusiast and 26 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for spaceship.
Comments
No comments yet...
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.