airship
airship
Definition
air·ship (-s̸hip′)
noun
any self-propelled aircraft that is lighter than air and can be steered; dirigible
airship
Synonyms
airship
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- build: The first book to record and describe every single airship built or used by Great Britain during the 1st World War.
- see: Then far away in the south he saw a great Asiatic airship going eastward.
- use: The plan is to use the airship to deliver the orders to the man's foreign contacts.
- fly: The designer of five airships and the first man to fly an airship from England to France.
- get: You can also buy it after you get an airship.
- power: However, it was not until 1907 that a powered army airship became operational.
Adjective modifier
- r101: The pitch was only about 100 yards from the hangar doors in which the R101 airship was housed.
- phantom: Are phantom airships, UFOs and the like all daydreams trying to become reality?
- rigid: But it was Count von Zeppelin's rigid airship of 1900 that proved air travel was possible.
- German: Here a huge German airship flamed earthward with a dozen flat Asiatic craft about her, crushing her every attempt to recover.
- British: There is an extensive history of British Airships from 1900 to the present day.
- first: Count von Zeppelin, a retired German army officer, flew his first airship in 1900.
Modifies a noun
- hangar: The fact that they were formed from salvage material from a portable airship hangar adds another layer of interest.
- scare: The best example is provided by the 1909 New Zealand airship scare.
- shed: There is also a collection of photographs of airship sheds in AIR 59.
- raid: The final airship raid on Great Britain took place on the 5 th August 1918 with five Height Climbers.
- flight: In 1852, Henri Giffard made the first powered airship flight in France.
- technology: From what I have uncovered airship technology is very ancient.
Noun used with modifier
