astroship

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noun

A spaceship; a starship.

Scrabble 14

Meanings

nounastroship (plural astroships)

plural astroships

  1. space flightliteratureA spaceship; a starship.

    But we'd need to coordinate our efforts with another astroship.

    1999, Joseph Neil Schulman, Brad Linaweaver, Profile in Silver: And Other Screenwritings, page 472
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    The astroships — as we have named the future space vehicles — will be much more comfortable than the Apollo cabins.

    1969, Illustrated weekly of Pakistan, page 75

    If these are astroships from someplace besides our specific, physical universe, maybe they come from a place where our laws of physics do not apply, where there is no such thing as velocity/momentum.

    2007, Kelly D. Bell, Visitors: A New Look at UFOs

Origin

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APA

astroship. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/astroship

MLA

“astroship.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/astroship. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “astroship,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/astroship.

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