air-ship

A form of airship — A lighter-than-air aircraft that can be propelled forward through the air as well as steered.

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Meanings

nounair-ship (plural air-ships)

plural air-ships

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of airship.

    I want to see them not from the air-ship, but from the surface of the earth, as our ancestors did, thousands of years ago.

    1909 November 29, E. M. Forster, “The Machine Stops”, in Oxford and Cambridge Review

Synonyms & antonyms

verbtransport (cargo) by air

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Cite this entry
APA

air-ship. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/air-ship

MLA

“air-ship.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/air-ship. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “air-ship,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/air-ship.

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