airship

noun

Definition of airshipnext
as in aircraft

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Recent Examples of airship During the previous program, the company said its airship became the first HAPS to stay powered through a full day-night cycle while maintaining power over a specific area of operations. — Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 14 Apr. 2026 Of fog and airships Hangar One is among the world's largest freestanding structures, covering eight acres at Moffett Field near Mountain View. — New Atlas, 3 Apr. 2026 Quevedo could issue 19 distinct commands to the systems of an airship without ever touching a control cable. — Larry Printz, ArsTechnica, 23 Feb. 2026 And the Hindenburg, the largest airship in the world at the time, was the industry’s crowning achievement — as well as a propaganda vehicle for Nazi Germany. — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 18 Feb. 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
  • FireSat will help incident commanders get better information more quickly, and, unlike fire-spotting aircraft, the satellites can linger over a fire for days or weeks and aren’t hampered by high winds or smoke.
    — Eric Niiler, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
  • New York Harbor will host an international Parade of Sail featuring dozens of tall ships and more than 100 military aircraft in an aerial review.
    — Kyla Guilfoil, NBC news, 5 July 2026
Definition of aircraft
Noun
  • Before the war, an average of about 110 ships transited the strait daily.
    — Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 17 July 2026
  • The ship overcame the engine failure and continued flying toward a pinpoint water landing in the Indian Ocean, but SpaceX had to skip an attempt to reignite a Raptor engine in space.
    — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 17 July 2026
Definition of ship
Noun
  • Subtle airplane decor and international posters strive to do the same.
    — USA TODAY Network, USA Today, 15 July 2026
  • Since energy and fuel are major cost inputs for businesses — fuel to power airplanes and transport food to grocery stores, for example — consumers have seen prices rise to varying degrees elsewhere, too.
    — Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 14 July 2026
Definition of airplane
Noun
  • On Tuesday, a police helicopter was hit by a drone while battling a brush fire near the Encino Reservoir in Los Angeles.
    — Sydney Brammer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 July 2026
  • Deputies lost sight of the vehicle and used a helicopter to find it.
    — Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 11 July 2026
Definition of helicopter
Noun
  • That is a long time to be in the company of the same few dozen people, day after day, flight after flight, from plane to bus to hotel to bus and back again.
    — Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 14 July 2026
  • Tensions began to flare earlier this month when the Houthis accused Saudi Arabia of trying to prevent an Iranian plane from carrying a Houthi delegation to Tehran for Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 July 2026
Definition of plane
Noun
  • Building a paper airplane can be as demanding as building the airframe of a real aircraft.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 3 July 2026
  • Quesst—a needle-nosed experimental aircraft with an airframe designed to reduce the typical sonic boom to a sonic thump.
    — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 2 July 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
  • Police said the tractor-trailer veered off the roadway and overturned.
    — Michael Sinkewicz, FOXNews.com, 1 July 2026
  • However, three years later, Ron died in a tractor accident while working at the park.
    — Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 1 July 2026
Definition of tractor

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