Airship
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Airship is a noun meaning (aviation) A lighter-than-air aircraft that can be propelled forward through the air as well as steered.
Meaning
(aviation) A lighter-than-air aircraft that can be propelled forward through the air as well as steered.
More Meanings
- (US, law enforcement, aviation) A police air unit, a police helicopter.
- (aviation, informal) Any aircraft.
- (British, derogatory, chiefly in the plural) A high ranking official of the RAF, viewed as arrogant and distant.
- To transport goods by aircraft.
Example Sentences
But their Airships insisted that we fly there.
On weekends, I liked to spend my time at the airport watching the various airships take off and land.
And all the time, ever present but out of sight, "their Airships,” as they called the RAF top brass, were also watching, praying.
Airships are posited to be cheaper to operate over time than fixed-wing aircraft, but as there are no large fleets, this is hard to prove in practice.
Word Forms
- airships
- air-ship
- air ship
- airshipping
- airshipped
Synonyms for airship
Depending on context, synonyms include dirigible.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include dirigible, blimp, balloon, ship, zeppelin, nonrigid.
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