airship

noun

Definition of airshipnext
as in aircraft

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Recent Examples of airship Head to the Kunsthalle, which opened in 2022, or Dox, with its eyecatching airship shape, which hosts art, literature, performance and architecture. — Jaymi McCann, TheWeek, 21 July 2026 The German airship Graf Zeppelin took off from Lakehurst, New Jersey, for the first around-the-world passenger flight. — USA Today, 21 July 2026 The plane doubles as a playset and airship and features more than 15 pieces, including a puppy companion. — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 25 June 2026 Fearing that the Italians would seize credit, Amundsen teamed up with American entrepreneur Lincoln Ellsworth to purchase the airship. — Danny Robb, JSTOR Daily, 12 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for airship
Recent Examples of Synonyms for airship
  1. aircraft
  2. ship
  3. airplane
  4. helicopter
  5. plane
  6. airframe
  7. aeroplane
  8. tractor
Noun
  • The aircraft is particularly suited to Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA), maritime surveillance, anti-surface warfare (ASuW), and anti-submarine warfare (ASW) missions.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2026
  • Data from Flightradar24 showed a number of aircraft searching south of the island.
    — Matt Lavietes, NBC news, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of aircraft
Noun
  • Navy officials initially said leadership had not observed an increase in suicidal ideations or attempts aboard the ship.
    — Mosheh Gains, NBC news, 8 Oct. 2026
  • The ministry said that port and ship repair facilities in the southern Odesa region and ships carrying cargo for the Ukrainian military were also hit.
    — SAMYA KULLAB, Arkansas Online, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of ship
Noun
  • The number includes both airplanes and helicopters as well as drones, with the MQ-9 Reaper drone – used for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, close air support and combat search and rescue – accounting for more than half of the losses.
    — Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Officials say residents in the affected counties should expect to spot low-flying airplanes or helicopters during these times.
    — Dan Raby, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of airplane
Noun
  • There are excursions such as canyoning the river or hiking through Bedwell Sound’s ancient old growth forests and returning to basecamp by helicopter.
    — Adrienne Matei, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Oct. 2026
  • Rescues this high are risky and expensive, and helicopters cannot safely fly at such altitudes.
    — Helen Regan, CNN Money, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of helicopter
Noun
  • Some 10 days after the attack, the soldiers were loaded onto a cargo plane.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 6 Oct. 2026
  • There's also a showroom for a collection of vintage cars and planes, including a Ford Model T and the motorcycle from Easy Rider; and an on-grounds wildlife habit made up of animals that have been rehomed from other facilities.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of plane
Noun
  • Ground systems get upgrades The P-8A is best known as a maritime patrol aircraft, but its missions extend well beyond the airframe.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Operating them isn't merely a matter of shrinking standard flight systems down into a smaller airframe or designing around the absence of a cockpit.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of airframe
Noun
  • The occasional booing of famous England players has been an integral part of the Wembley experience over the years, almost as commonplace as paper aeroplanes.
    — Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2026
  • No distractions, no aeroplanes, no noise, no traffic.
    — Emma Banks, InStyle, 4 Feb. 2026
Definition of aeroplane
Noun
  • Trump’s obsession with building monuments to himself won’t help a farmer in Iowa put diesel in his tractor.
    — S.E. Cupp, New York Daily News, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Three masked men stole about five pallets of beef worth roughly $40,000 from a tractor-trailer in Northeast Philadelphia early Tuesday, police said.
    — Frederick Sutton Sinclair, CBS News, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of tractor

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