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airship Definition

air·ship (-s̸hip′)

noun

any self-propelled aircraft that is lighter than air and can be steered; dirigible

airship Synonyms

airship

n.

dirigible, zeppelin, lighter-than-air craft; see balloon, plane 3.

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

  • enemy: Small numbers of Royal Flying Corps aeroplanes are kept at readiness to combat possible enemy airship raids.
  • luxury: He's the cabin boy on board the luxury airship, the Aurora.

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