noun
spaceship
noun
1
A crewed vehicle designed to travel through outer space.
"The astronauts boarded the spaceship the night before launch."
"In the film, the spaceship crash-lands on an unknown planet."
How to Use Spaceship
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA vessel built to carry people through space, like a ship sails the sea.
Common pairings
pilot a spaceship
board a spaceship
Word Forms
spaceships plural
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Etymology
A straightforward compound of "space" and "ship."