spaceship

noun

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

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One particularly famous idea – put forth by a Harvard astrophysicist named Avi Loeb – is that 3I/ATLAS could be an alien spaceship. Eric Lagatta, AZCentral.com, 12 Dec. 2025 Braka's transformable battlecruiser, the Venari Ral, is a formidable opponent, and the two spaceships face off in deep space. Jeff Spry, Space.com, 10 Dec. 2025 Ryan Miller has been a pirate and a spaceship captain. Eve Chen, USA Today, 7 Dec. 2025 Whatever came down on that long-ago day had come from a place much farther away than another star or another galaxy, and if spaceship was the first word to come into his mind, perhaps that was only because his mind had no other way of grasping what his eyes were seeing. Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Nov. 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 17 Dec. 2025.

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spaceship

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

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