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SPACESHIP
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Dictionary entry overview: What does spaceship mean?
• SPACESHIP (noun)
The noun SPACESHIP has 1 sense:
1. a spacecraft designed to carry a crew into interstellar space (especially in science fiction)
Familiarity information: SPACESHIP used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A spacecraft designed to carry a crew into interstellar space (especially in science fiction)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
spaceship; starship
Hypernyms ("spaceship" is a kind of...):
ballistic capsule; space vehicle; spacecraft (a craft capable of traveling in outer space; technically, a satellite around the sun)
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