spaceship

noun

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

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Headley’s second choice for his imprint, was Of Monsters and Mainframes, a comedic sci-fi about a spaceship with a mind of her own that has to battle paranormal monsters. Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 21 Dec. 2025 And if that's not enough to calm your nerves, know that NASA and the world's astronomers have spent weeks trying to quell the notion that 3I/ATLAS is an alien spaceship after a notorious Harvard professor popularized the conspiracy. Eric Lagatta, AZCentral.com, 19 Dec. 2025 The Post speculates that the capsule was potentially built by Timothy Oulton Studio, the designer of a very similar stainless-steel model spaceship for seating in Gordon Ramsay’s restaurant in London — which is also weird but less sinister. Clio Chang, Curbed, 17 Dec. 2025 One particularly infamous idea – put forth by a Harvard astrophysicist named Avi Loeb – is that 3I/ATLAS could be an alien spaceship. Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 16 Dec. 2025 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 29 Dec. 2025.

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spaceship

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

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