space suit

noun

1
: a suit equipped with life supporting provisions to make life in space possible for its wearer
2
: g suit

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Pragmata puts you in the space suit of one Hugh Williams. Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 14 Apr. 2026 Glover's daughter went viral on social media this week after posting a video playfully dancing while wearing a shirt donning a picture of her father in a space suit. Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 9 Apr. 2026 Day five’s highlights included a test of the Orion crew survival system (OCSS)—better known as the crew’s bright-orange space suits. Lee Billings, Scientific American, 6 Apr. 2026 Officials will also use the mission to test space suits, known as extravehicular activity suits, for astronauts on the lunar surface. Kate Perez, USA Today, 5 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for space suit

Word History

First Known Use

1929, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of space suit was in 1929

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“Space suit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/space%20suit. Accessed 18 Apr. 2026.

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space suit

noun
: a suit equipped to make life in space possible for its wearer

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