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SPACESHIP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does spaceship mean? 

SPACESHIP (noun)
  The noun SPACESHIP has 1 sense:

1. a spacecraft designed to carry a crew into interstellar space (especially in science fiction)play

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


 Dictionary entry details 


SPACESHIP (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A spacecraft designed to carry a crew into interstellar space (especially in science fiction)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

spaceship; starship

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

ballistic capsule; space vehicle; spacecraft (a craft capable of traveling in outer space; technically, a satellite around the sun)


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