Synonyms for airship


Grammar : Noun
Spell : air-ship
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɛərˌʃɪp

Top 10 synonyms for airship Other synonyms for the word airship

Définition of airship

Origin :
  • also air-ship, 1888, translating German Luftschiff "motor-driver dirigible;" see air (n.1) + ship (n.).
  • As in plane : noun aircraft
  • As in balloon : noun inflated material or vehicle
  • As in aircraft : noun airplane
  • As in airplane : noun vehicle that transports cargo or passengers through the air
Example sentences :
  • Who is going to say whether an applicant is competent to pilot a balloon or airship?
  • Extract from : « Flying Machines » by W.J. Jackman and Thos. H. Russell
  • There has not yet been much opportunity to test the airship in actual warfare.
  • Extract from : « Flying Machines » by W.J. Jackman and Thos. H. Russell
  • "If you're sure you're not hurt by the airship smash, I will," declared the lad.
  • Extract from : « Tom Swift and his Electric Runabout » by Victor Appleton
  • Commercial development of the airplane and the airship commenced after the war.
  • Extract from : « The Age of Invention » by Holland Thompson
  • It was not the airship raids from which these crowds were fleeing.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, October, 1930 » by Various
  • Did he come and go in an airship, or did he have wings and fly through the air?
  • Extract from : « Boy Scouts Mysterious Signal » by G. Harvey Ralphson
  • Wait till the streak breaks, and then we'll see the airship go up.
  • Extract from : « Rival Pitchers of Oakdale » by Morgan Scott
  • But that's nothing to how we'll go when we build our airship, eh, Tom?
  • Extract from : « Tom Swift and his Motor-boat » by Victor Appleton
  • She had dreamed that she had been traveling in an airship and had grown seasick from the motion.
  • Extract from : « Madge Morton's Secret » by Amy D. V. Chalmers
  • They'll have to get him down with an airship, and they know that we'll get them as fast as they come up.
  • Extract from : « Triplanetary » by Edward Elmer Smith
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