DIRIGIBLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dirigible mean? 

• DIRIGIBLE (noun)
  The noun DIRIGIBLE has 1 sense:

1. a steerable self-propelled aircraft

  Familiarity information: DIRIGIBLE used as a noun is very rare.

• DIRIGIBLE (adjective)
  The adjective DIRIGIBLE has 1 sense:

1. capable of being steered or directed

  Familiarity information: DIRIGIBLE used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DIRIGIBLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A steerable self-propelled aircraft

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

airship; dirigible

Hypernyms ("dirigible" is a kind of...):

lighter-than-air craft (aircraft supported by its own buoyancy)

Meronyms (parts of "dirigible"):

car; gondola (the compartment that is suspended from an airship and that carries personnel and the cargo and the power plant)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dirigible"):

barrage balloon (an elongated tethered balloon or blimp with cables or net suspended from it to deter enemy planes that are flying low)

blimp; sausage; sausage balloon (a small nonrigid airship used for observation or as a barrage balloon)

Instance hyponyms:

Graf Zeppelin; zeppelin (a large rigid dirigible designed to carry passengers or bombs)

Derivation:

dirigible (capable of being steered or directed)

• DIRIGIBLE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Capable of being steered or directed

Synonyms:

dirigible; steerable

Similar:

manageable (capable of being managed or controlled)

Derivation:

dirigible (a steerable self-propelled aircraft)