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 system provides information about an aircraft’s attitude, heading and position to flight-critical systems.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026
  • The Federal Aviation Administration told CBS News and Politico that the vehicle doesn’t meet its definition of an aircraft, meaning the agency wouldn’t need to certify it as airworthy.
    — Bilin Lin, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of aircraft
Noun
  • The ship’s 21 crew members were safely evacuated and no injuries were reported, according to the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore.
    — Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Iran appears to be targeting vessels conducting ship-to-ship oil transfers around the Strait of Hormuz, according to a military institute.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of ship
Noun
  • Starlink services were cut off for objects that traveled more than 100 mph, impacting the capabilities of Ukraine’s drones, airplanes and helicopters, a source familiar with the matter told The Hill.
    — Suryatapa Chakraborty, The Hill, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Multiple resources were called in on the night of the shooting, including SWAT, K-9 teams, patrol officers, drones, a Denver Police Department helicopter and a Colorado State Patrol airplane.
    — Jack Lowenstein, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of airplane
Noun
  • An operation in Kenscoff In the mists of the steep hills that ring southern Port-au-Prince, CNN saw one Task Force operation where helicopters manned by foreign contractors assaulted gang positions, and drones detonated amid the clatter of gunfire.
    — Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2026
  • An additional helicopter will be deployed later today, according to the Coast Guard.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of helicopter
Noun
  • An expedition to find evidence of Amelia Earhart’s missing plane near a remote island in the South Pacific has come up empty, researchers said Sunday.
    — Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Well outside Cuba’s territorial waters, Cuban MiGs destroyed two of the civilian planes with air-to-air missiles, killing the four occupants, the complaint said.
    — David Fischer, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of plane
Noun
  • In the event of an emergency, a rocket deploys a nylon parachute from the airframe in seconds, allowing the plane to land safely.
    — Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 15 Oct. 2026
  • If successful, each B-52 should be capable of carrying similar payloads of LRASM as JASSM, which currently stands at around 20 per airframe.
    — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 11 Oct. 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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