spacewreck

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noun

The wreckage of a spacecraft.

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Meanings

nounspacewreck (plural spacewrecks)

plural spacewrecks · alternative space wreck

  1. The wreckage of a spacecraft.

    Our voyage in search of spacewrecks will take us across the major orbital routes, coasting along the space lanes.

    1989, Richard Maurer, Junk in Space, New York, N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, Inc., →ISBN, page 13

Origin

Compound of space + wreck.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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