spaceship

noun

space·​ship ˈspās-ˌship How to pronounce spaceship (audio)
: a vehicle used for space travel

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Starship is SpaceX’s next-generation spaceship, taller then the Statue of Liberty and more powerful than any other rocket built. Morgan Brennan,harriet Taylor, CNBC, 12 June 2026 Some adherents to the Nation of Islam, for example, believe that its founder will inaugurate an apocalyptic return to Earth on a spaceship. Krysta Fauria, Fortune, 12 June 2026 As more and more outlets pick up the footage Daniel has protected throughout the movie, there are glimpses of spaceships falling through the sky and their wreckage. Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 12 June 2026 The mass suicide of the Heaven’s Gate cult, which Applewhite timed to the arrival of the Hale-Bopp comet (according to his logic, the comet was bringing the alien spaceship with it), is staged with a terrifying matter-of-factness. Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 11 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for spaceship

Word History

First Known Use

1880, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of spaceship was in 1880

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“Spaceship.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spaceship. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.

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spaceship

noun
space·​ship ˈspās-ˌship How to pronounce spaceship (audio)
ˈspāsh-

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