airship
pronunciation
How to pronounce airship in British English:
UK [ˈeəʃɪp]
How to pronounce airship in American English:
US [ˈerʃɪp]
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- Noun:
- a steerable self-propelled airship
Word Origin
- airship (n.)
- also air-ship, 1888, translating German Luftschiff "motor-driver dirigible;" see air (n.1) + ship (n.).
Example
- 1. And whose airship just exploded ?
- 2. Popular novelists like h. g. wells had been fantasizing about war by airship and flying machine since the late 19th century .
- 3. Inquiries established this was a virgin airship advertising the launch of the ford mondeo but several correspondents refused to believe it .
- 4. London design firm seymourpowell unveiled its vision for a future sky hotel -- a vertical airship lifted by hydrogen and powered by solar energy .
- 5. After several false starts , including a couple of near-disastrous demonstrations , zeppelin 's rigid airship was reliable enough to attract interest from the army .