noun
airship
noun
1
A powered, steerable aircraft that is lighter than air, kept aloft by a gas-filled envelope rather than wings.
"The airship drifted silently above the stadium during the game."
"Early airships like the Hindenburg carried passengers across the Atlantic."
How to Use Airship
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA blimp-like aircraft that floats using lighter-than-air gas and is steered with engines, unlike a plane or a free-floating balloon.
Easily confused with
Common pairings
a hydrogen airship
pilot an airship
Word Forms
airshipped past tense, airships plural, airships singular
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Etymology
From air + ship, treating the craft as a vessel that sails through the air rather than the sea.